News: UP-RERA begins virtual hearing of cases-18-05-2020
Updated On: May 18, 2020
UP-RERA begins virtual hearing of cases
About 40 cases were listed before the bench and authority had communicated the date and time of hearing through video conferencing in advance through email and SMS to both the parties whose cases are in argument stage.
The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP-RERA) has started virtual hearing of cases pending before it. The courts were shut from March 18 due to the lockdown. About 40 cases were listed before the bench and authority had communicated the date and time of hearing through video conferencing in advance through email and SMS to both the parties whose cases are in argument stage. “The virtual hearing team from authority is also making phone calls to the parties for facilitating the process and to offer technical help to the parties, if needed. To start with, the authority is hearing 10 cases per day per bench considering the fact that the allocation of 15 minutes of VC session is needed for each of the cases,” said a UP-RERA official. The authority had implemented e-Courts system from 2 March 2020. Authority has also decided to start listing of the cases before the adjudicating officer and conciliation forum through virtual medium of hearing. The dates will be soon fixed, and the parties will be informed through email and SMS. “This way the Authority is ensuring normal functioning of the hearing and disposal of the complaints notwithstanding the dislocation caused by COVID-19 pandemic. It is expected that the virtual hearing will be proved to be a very strong instrument of imparting justice to the aggrieved parties in a transparent, efficient and time- bound manner,” the official added.
There are about 2,700 projects in Uttar Pradesh, 50% of which are in Noida and Greater Noida.
