<p>Eminent lawyers deliberated upon the various aspects of Real Estate Regulatory Authority Act (RERA) – a law aimed at protecting the interests of prospective property buyers at a ‘Namma Hakku–Citizens' Rights’ series workshop on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaking on the occasion, former Karnataka High Court judge, Justice A V Chandrashekara said the preamble of the Act makes it clear that it is meant for the regulation and promotion of the real estate sector. He asked the people to read the preamble in detail to understand what the law is all about.<br /><br />Senior lawyer Sajan Poovayya said, “It is for the civil society to ensure that they put pressure on the state government to ensure that a person of impeccable repute becomes the regulator.”<br /><br />Citizen activist Prof Rajagopalan said when the projects get delayed and the property buyers pick a fight with the builders, it is the buyers who face the heat. More often than not, the buyers get harassed by the builders, who file false cases against them.<br /><br />“The challenge is not promulgating the law but its implementation. One must ensure that the spirit of law must be protected,” said Rajagopalan.<br /><br />Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar spoke about the obligations of the developers and urged citizens to come forward to exercise their rights using RERA.<br /><br />The event was organised by the Namma Bengaluru Foundation (NBF), which said more such citizen oriented programmes will be organised under its Namma Hakku series.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Eminent lawyers deliberated upon the various aspects of Real Estate Regulatory Authority Act (RERA) – a law aimed at protecting the interests of prospective property buyers at a ‘Namma Hakku–Citizens' Rights’ series workshop on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaking on the occasion, former Karnataka High Court judge, Justice A V Chandrashekara said the preamble of the Act makes it clear that it is meant for the regulation and promotion of the real estate sector. He asked the people to read the preamble in detail to understand what the law is all about.<br /><br />Senior lawyer Sajan Poovayya said, “It is for the civil society to ensure that they put pressure on the state government to ensure that a person of impeccable repute becomes the regulator.”<br /><br />Citizen activist Prof Rajagopalan said when the projects get delayed and the property buyers pick a fight with the builders, it is the buyers who face the heat. More often than not, the buyers get harassed by the builders, who file false cases against them.<br /><br />“The challenge is not promulgating the law but its implementation. One must ensure that the spirit of law must be protected,” said Rajagopalan.<br /><br />Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar spoke about the obligations of the developers and urged citizens to come forward to exercise their rights using RERA.<br /><br />The event was organised by the Namma Bengaluru Foundation (NBF), which said more such citizen oriented programmes will be organised under its Namma Hakku series.<br /><br /></p>
