India, Nov. 8 -- The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a one-man judicial committee to examine the scope of partially restoring cancelled lease deeds to a Greater Noida housing society, which has been stalled for over two decades. In this case, homebuyers, who were cheated by the builder, took the bold step to complete the construction of their units.

The court directed the committee headed by former Allahabad high court judge Pankaj Naqvi to identify genuine allottees of the 140-flat Shiv Kala Charms society, whose lease deed was cancelled by the Greater Noida authority on September 9, 2011, over non-payment of dues.

With 70 allottees of two residential towers pooling in resources to begin construction, the authority told the court that ...