New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- In a ruling that seeks to level the playing field between builders and homebuyers, the Supreme Court has held that real estate developers, who delay handing over possession, can be ordered to compensate buyers at the same punitive rate of interest they themselves levy on buyers for late payments. A bench of justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih directed M/s Business Park Town Planners Ltd to refund the principal amount to a buyer with interest at 18% per annum -- the same rate the builder had earlier imposed on the buyer for missing a payment deadline. P10...