New Delhi Feb 28 PTI The NOIDA authority Monday informed the Supreme Court that the work for the demolition of realty major Supertechs twin 40-storey towers in its Emerald Court project which have been held as illegal for a violation of norms has commenced and will be razed completely by May 22The authority in the status report said that after the demolition of these massive structures the entire debris will be cleared of the site by August 22A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant asked all the stakeholders including NOIDA and Supertech to strictly abide by the timeline given in the status report and listed the matter for further hearing on May 17It noted that a status report has been filed by NOIDA in compliance with the order dated February 7 2022 and following the order a meeting of stakeholders was convened on February 9 2022The court is apprised of the fact that the demolition has commenced at the site All concerned including NOIDA and Supertech as well as other authorities will strictly comply with the time schedule indicated in the status report List the Miscellaneous Application on May 17 and NOIDA will file an updated status report about the developments in this regard the bench saidAt the outset advocate Ravindra Kumar appearing for NOIDA submitted that the authority has filed the status report dated February 25 in which it has stated what has transpired in the meeting held on February 9It was agreed between Supertech and Edifice Engineering that by February 20 the Edifice Engineering would mobilise the site with manpower material and machine as per the action plan approved by NOIDA and CBRI Kumar saidOn February 7 the top court had directed the authorities to commence within two weeks the demolition of the twin towersIt had directed the NOIDA CEO to convene a meeting within 72 hours in which all the agencies concerned shall be present to finalise the schedule for demolitionThe apex court had noted the submission that Supertech Ltd had received the necessary NOCs for facilitating the work of demolition from the agencies concernedIt was apprised that a cheque of Rs 70 lakh minus TDS has been given to Edifice Engineering an agency which has been entrusted with the task of demolitionOn January 12 the top court had pulled up the builder for not complying with its orders to demolish the twin 40-story towers in sector 93 of NOIDA and warned that its directors will be sent to jail for playing truant with the courtOn August 31 last year the top court had ordered the demolition of Supertech Ltds twin 40-storey towers under construction within three months for violation of building norms in collusion with NOIDA officials holding that illegal construction has to be dealt with strictly to ensure compliance with the rule of lawThe NOIDA authority had received a rap on its knuckles as the top court pointed out multiple incidents of collusion of its officials with the Supertech Ltd in the Emerald Court project and violations of norms by the realty major in the construction of the twin towersThe top court had directed that the entire amount of home buyers be refunded with 12 percent interest from the time of the booking and the RWA of Emerald Court project be paid Rs 2 crore for the harassment caused due to the construction of the twin towers which would have blocked sunlight and fresh air to the existing residents of the housing project adjoining the national capital PTI MNL MNL RKS RKS

New Delhi Jan 21 PTIRealty major Supertech Ltd directed to refund homebuyers money in the now to be razed 40-storey twin-towers on Friday sought direction from the Supreme Court to Noida to decide on repaying its Rs 25 crore that was paid for purchasing additional land on lease for constructing these structuresThe apex court however termed as entrepreneurial if not ambitious the plea of the developerA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Bela Trivedi which was hearing contempt petitions of home buyers seeking refund with an interest of the amount paid to buy their flats directed the Supertech to pay the amount by February 28During the hearing senior advocate S Ganesh appearing for Supertech Ltd submitted that the realty firm needs courts indulgence on the point that for construction of these twin-towers which are now going to be demolished the company had purchased additional FAR Floor Area Ratio from NOIDA authorityFAR is the ratio of a buildings total floor area to the size of the piece of land upon which it is builtGanesh said We had purchased additional FAR from NOIDA authority to construct these towers and paid them Rs 25 crore amount for this Now the towers are to be pulled down and there will be no usage of FAR at all Therefore we have submitted an application to the NOIDA authority requesting them to refund the amountHe said that there is no usage of FAR because the court had ordered the demolition of those two towersProblem is now they NOIDA are sitting on my application There is no response to it at all My humble request to the court is that NOIDA be directed to take the decision on my application Ganesh saidThe bench said We will say this is entrepreneurial if not ambitious Ganesh submitted I am only requesting that you look at my application and take a decision that is not a very extravagant request to makeThe bench reminded Ganesh that it is hearing someones contempt petition and lightly said that Supertech needs direction to NOIDA which was all along with itThe top court had on August 31 last year ordered the demolition of the firms twin 40-storey towers which were under construction within three months for violation of building norms in collusion with NOIDA officials holding that illegal construction has to be dealt with strictly to ensure compliance with the rule of lawThe Noida authority had received a rap on its knuckles as the top court pointed out multiple incidents of collusion of its officials with the Supertech Ltd in the Emerald Court project and violations of norms by the realty major in the construction of the twin towersThe top court had directed that the entire amount of home buyers be refunded with 12 percent interest from the time of the booking and the RWA of Emerald Court project be paid Rs 2 crore for the harassment caused due to the construction of the twin towers which would have blocked sunlight and fresh air to the existing residents of the housing project PTI MNL MNL RKS RKS

New Delhi Aug 30 PTI The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on Tuesday on a plea of realty major Supertech Ltd against the order of Allahabad High Court directing the demolition of twin 40-storey towers in the Emerald Court project in Noida for violation of building normsThe top court will also pronounce its verdict on several other petitions moved by homebuyers for and against the April 11 2014 verdict of the high courtA bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud is scheduled to pronounce the verdict on the batch of pleasOn August 4 the top court had reserved its verdict on the batch of pleas while reprimanding NOIDA authority saying it is reeking with corruption and had connived with the builder over not providing the sanctioned plan to the homebuyers of Supertechs Emerald Court projectIt had said that when the homebuyers asked for the plan the authority wrote to the developer on whether to share it and refused to give the plan to them at the developers behestThe top court had said that it was only after the high court expressly directed the NOIDA authority to give the plan that it did soRealty firm Supertech Ltd had defended the construction of twin towers and claimed no illegalityIt had said that Supertech had lost the case before the high court on two counts -- distance criteria and not taking consent of home buyers before constructing those towersIt had said the Emerald Court Owner Resident Welfare Association which has filed the case before the high court challenging the construction of the twin towers was not even in existence when the plan was sanctioned and construction had begunThe builder had said that out of 633 people booking the flats initially 133 have moved out to other projects 248 have taken refunds and 252 home buyers still had their bookings with the company in the projectThe homebuyers association has claimed that the huge twin towers constructed by the builder were not in the original plan shown to them at the time of booking and it has blocked their view fresh air and sunlightThe top court had earlier said that what Supertech Ltd has done is palpably wrong as the towers were constructed by encroaching upon the green common area of the housing societyOn other hand Supertech Ltd had told the top court that its Emerald Court owner Resident Welfare Association has been terrorising the builder by making unwarranted claims The two towers Apex and Ceyane of Emerald Court Project of Supertech together have 915 apartments and 21 shops Of these 633 flats were booked initiallyOn April 11 2014 the Allahabad High Court ordered the demolition of the two buildings within four months and the refund of money to apartment buyers PTI MNL MNL RT RT