MahaRERA’s online hearings to start from July 1st week

PUNE: The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) will take the digital plunge in the first week of July.
A few cases were taken up for digital hearing in April, and MahaRERA, through a notification on Friday, said it would hear all the cases online to ensure zero pendency.

MahaRERA secretary Vasant Prabhu told TOI that they had started online hearings or urgent matters during the lockdown, and the decided to make this a permanent arrangement.
MahaRERA bar association secretary Anil Dsouza said this hint at a proactive approach by the regulator. “This is a milestone moment for all RERA institutions across the country,” he said.
Pune RERA practitioners’ association president Nilesh Borate said this approach would benefit both the parties. “It will prevent the pandemic from spreading,” he added.
Mumbai Grahak Panchayat head Shirish Deshpande too welcomed the move.