The Brave Pedestrian

  There is some respite for those whose developers have failed to refund booking amounts despite a cancellation. A recent judgement by the District Forum in Mumbai pulled up the Lodha Group, along with its chairman and MD, for giving false assurances to one of its customers and illegally forfeiting the booking amount. We give you the details of the case, the company's defence and the forum's strict observations and penalty levied.

Dear friends, We live in cooperative housing societies (CHS), but we usually fail to ensure that they work well. A major reason is that we lack the working knowledge of CHS functioning. This need not be the case; a wealth of useful information is available for study, thanks to activists like Jagdish Gianchandani who keep updating us with the latest amendments in the laws, important court orders, etc. Using inputs provided by Jagdish and others over 2011-12, we have set up this “knowledge-bank”, from where you can download essential information for Cooperative Housing Society dispute resolution and also smooth running.   CHS KNOWLEDGE BANK:    http://tinyurl.com/CHS-Knowledge-Bank     This bank has articles with tips and tricks for those battling Cooperative Housing Society problems, as well as relevant laws, rules, GRs etc – all in one place.    However, don’t be content with only making a withdrawal (i.e. downloading). You can also ma...