Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Builder’s Non-Delivery + Dishonoured Cheques = Deficiency in Service & Unfair Trade Practice | CPA 2019, Section 2(1)(o) & 2(1)(r) : Maharashtra SCDRC
The Maharashtra State Consumer Commission held that accepting full payment without delivering the flat, coupled with issuing dishonoured cheques, constitutes both deficiency in service and unfair trade practice under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. This ruling reinforces that residential buyers acting in good faith are protected consumers - not investors - and builders cannot evade liability through financial misrepresentation.