To provide relief to Amrapali home buyers, SC favours allowing registration of flats

To provide relief to hassled home buyers residing in flats built by embattled Amrapali Group, the Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that it may allow them to register their residences with the authorities concerned.

The top court said that flat buyers of Amrapali Group were not able to register their flats with the authorities concerned as they did not have completion certificate and if need arises it may invoke powers of extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution to direct for registration of the flats.

"Amrapali home buyers should not suffer due to want of completion certificate and ongoing litigation. We may direct the authorities to register their flats on payment of proportional amount to Noida and Greater Noida authorities. If the need arises we may invoke Article 142 of the Constitution to issue directions," a bench of justices Arun Mishra and U U Lalit told counsels appearing for home buyers and Amrapali.

It asked the parties to give their legal ...