India, March 18 -- The Gurugram bench of the Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HRERA) has sentenced a promoter of a real estate company to one month's civil imprisonment for failing to refund Rs.26.07 lakh to an investor in a commercial real estate project in Sector 89.

The HRERA adjudicating officer, Rajender Kumar, issued the order on Monday, stating that despite previous directions, the developer failed to comply or even submit a response. The order further directed that the judgement debtor (JD) be produced before the HRERA forum on April 16, 2025.

The complainant, Sohan Lal, a resident of Ghaziabad, had invested Rs.26 lakh in a commercial project spread over 5.5 acres developed by the said real estate firm. The developer ha...