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When Foreign Investors Exit: Why India's Real Estate Governance Fails Minority Shareholders
~By Srijan Solanki, National Law University, Delhi Imagine standing helplessly in front of your own company's half-finished tower as the foreign partner walks away with their share of the profits. According to India's FDI rules, such a scenario is not only legal but also, gradually, becoming the new normal. It means that a foreign investor can repatriate capital 3 years to the day after municipal approval, irrespective of whether the construction is 30% or 80% complete. The t
Apr 26 min read


RERA vs. The Clause: Mapping Regulatory Arbitrage and Governance Implications in Using Arbitration to Bypass Statutory Real Estate Adjudication
~By Harshwardha Sharma, Gujarat National Law University The story of the real estate business in India is that of a fast but a complicated transformation of institutions. Although, technological advancements and PropTech were introducing efficiency and greater information symmetry to a highly fragmented market, the fundamental transition of governance has been inspired by the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) . RERA was created as a special law that w
Apr 27 min read


The Fragile Architecture of Cross-Border Real Estate Joint Venture (JV)
~By Sumit Chaudhary and Abhinav, Chanakya National Law University, Patna Chapter 1: Introduction Joint ventures in cross-border real estate are now part of the core policy tool used by global capital to interact with markets in the Asia-Pacific. The current evaluations show that investment confidence is slowly being restored: stabilising prices and a more transparent picture of prices, as presented in PwC’s Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2025, which indicate that internation
Apr 28 min read
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