India, Nov. 6 -- The Bombay High Court has ruled that third-party purchasers who book flats through a developer cannot claim any rights in a co-operative housing society's redevelopment project once the society terminates its contract with that developer.

Justice Kamal Khata, dismissing a petition filed by a Kurla-based couple, said the law is clear that such purchasers cannot assert ownership, demand possession, or interfere in redevelopment. Their only remedy, the court held, is to seek damages from the ousted developer.

"The consistent view of this court is that purchasers claiming through a terminated developer cannot assert or enforce any rights against the Society or the newly appointed developer," justice Khata said. "Their remed...