MahaRERA has come up with a fresh set of guidelines for online complaints against developers. The four-page directive issued by Vasant Prabhu, secretary, MahaRERA on September 8, among other things, has laid down procedure in the matter of granting adjournments, when complaints are listed for hearing before the respective bench.

Accordingly, from now on, adjournment won’t be granted more than twice to a party, and definitely not at the request of the party, except when there are compelling circumstances beyond the control of the party. Further, a legal practitioner being engaged in another court, or their illness cannot be put forward as a ground for adjournment. The directive also states that excuses such as “I have been briefed in the matter recently/yesterday/in the morning” or “I am not prepared/ready with the arguments in the matter” won’t be considered anymore.