The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, presided by Mr. Subhash Chandra and Dr. Sadhna Shanker, held that reliance on force majeure clauses to justify prolonged delays in possession is unacceptable and amounts to deficiency in service. Observations by the National Commission The National Commission observed that there was a clear deficiency in service by the developer, as possession of the …
The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is here, across most of the country. Last year, early in the first lockdown in April 2020, a major financial daily had reported that several large retail chains in India, such as Reliance, the Future Group, McDonald’s, Domino’s Pizza and others were trying to use the omnipresent “force majeure” clause in all agreements …
