Model Builder-Buyer Agreement: Supreme Court Asks Amicus & Centre To Provide A Roadmap
Live LawIn a plea seeking direction to the Centre to frame model builder-buyer and agent-buyer agreements to ensure uniformity, the Supreme Court, on Friday, asked the Amicus Curiae and Additional Solicitor General, Ms. Aishwarya Bhati appearing on behalf of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. Amicus Curiae, Mr. Devashish Bharuka apprised the Bench that he has filed the status report collating entries of the different States; including Central Government and his own comments, which points out the instances of deviation from the Real Estate Act, 2016. Mr. Bharuka suggested that considering the deviations pointed out in his report, States can relook at their agreements and they get in touch with the Central Government to see if a common model agreement can be formulated. Advocate, Mr. Ashwini Upadhyay, petitioner-in-person suggested that while the States file their response within 3 weeks, the Central Government can come up with a model builder-buyer agreement.