Real Estate Tribunal: No Simultaneous RERA and Consumer Court Cases

Imagine you have a problem with a builder who didn't give you your apartment on time.

You can't complain about it in two different places at once, like the consumer court and the real estate authority.

A special court in West Bengal, called WBREAT, said that you have to pick only one place to complain.

This is because both places are trying to solve the same problem.

In a specific case, some people sued a builder, but they went to both places at the same time.

The court said they couldn't do that.

They can either complain to the consumer court or the real estate authority, but not both at once.

The court allowed them to withdraw their complaint from the consumer court and file it again with the regulatory authority.