India, Aug. 31 -- A husband can pursue a complaint before RERA authority against a real estate developer even if the flat is registered solely in his wife's name, provided he is duly authorised to represent her, according to an interim order passed by the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA).

The authority held that a husband who was also the primary co-borrower of the home loan and held a valid Power of Attorney (PoA) from his wife could maintain the complaint alleging delayed possession on her behalf.

The order arose from a dispute involving a flat in a Nagpur, Maharashtra project.

The developer, had challenged the maintainability of the complaint filed by the husband of the flat owner, arguing that he was not the ...