Kerala Government Orders Strict Enforcement of Apartment Ownership Act After High Court Intervention

Kerala Government Orders Strict Enforcement of Apartment Ownership Act After High Court Intervention Kochi: In a significant move to protect the rights of apartment owners across Kerala, the state government has issued a directive to ensure the stringent implementation of the Kerala Apartment Ownership Act, 1983. The order comes after a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the High Court of Kerala highlighted a decades-long gap in the enforcement of the law. For years, apartment owners in the state faced uncertainty due to the non-implementation of the 1983 Act, a situation the government itself has now described as a "serious lacuna". This gap allowed real estate promoters to evade certain statutory obligations, leaving homebuyers without crucial legal protections. The turning point came with a Public Interest Litigation, Ananda Padmanabhan v. State of Kerala & Ors. (WP(C) No. 15166 of 2024) , filed before the High Court. The litigation sought to enforce a key provision ...