Professional builders should be dealt with sternly for deviating from building norms to earn profit: Karnataka High Court

In a scathing remark on building norms violation by real estate developers, the High Court of Karnataka has said that professional builders should know the building bye-laws and any deviation by them in construction of high-rise buildings “deserve to be dealt with sternly, to act as a deterrent in future, by assuming that such deviations are deliberate with an intention to earn profit.”

Pointing out that construction by the professional builders stand on a different footing than that of a private individual constructing his own building, the Court said that any deviation from proper set back provisions around the building, etc., alterations become indispensable.