NEW DELHI: A luxury housing undertaking — publicised in the name of tennis superstar Maria Sharapova and scheduled to be completed in 2016 by a Gurgaon-based developer — never took off, prompting one of the crucial patrons to transport court docket. The tennis superstar has been made a party to the criticism and a court docket has now ordered an FIR in opposition to her and the builders.
Gurgaon-based Bhawana Agarwal (44), thru her legal professional Piyush Singh, filed a criticism in a Delhi court docket in opposition to Homestead Infrastructure Development, Homestead Infrastructure Maintenance, Homestead Arabic Homes, the corporate administrators and Sharapova.
The order handed by Chief Metropolitan Magistarte Rajesh Malik data Agarwal's commentary, pronouncing she was "lured" by the builders who had advertised the residential undertaking as "Ballet by Sharapova". Apart from the name, the complainant says it was the proposal of a tennis academy in the undertaking and industrial space for clothing and sports wear that caught her eye. The court docket stated, "If the averments of the complainant are to be believed, it shows that nothing has happened on the said project and alleged persons have no licence or sanction for construction or development at the project, for which the complainant paid Rs 53.03 lakh."
"Sharapova not only aggressively promoted the fraudulent activities of the accused, but also supported the project in the eyes of the general public and is, therefore, a part of this criminal conspiracy," the complainant stated.
"If the alleged persons have no licence or sanction to raise the residential flats in the name of 'Ace by Sharapova', Sector 73, Gurgaon, and accepted Rs 53 lakh to book a flat of unit area of 2,500 sqft, then they have undoubtedly committed criminal offence," the court docket stated, directing the SHO concerned to sign in an FIR under related sections and to research "all angles".
Advocate Singh instructed TOI, "Once the court issues an order, the police has to register the FIR. Sharapova had come down to India two-three times in 2013 to meet prospective buyers. More than 1,500 people have invested in this project, but the project still has not seen the light of the day."
Gurgaon-based Bhawana Agarwal (44), thru her legal professional Piyush Singh, filed a criticism in a Delhi court docket in opposition to Homestead Infrastructure Development, Homestead Infrastructure Maintenance, Homestead Arabic Homes, the corporate administrators and Sharapova.
The order handed by Chief Metropolitan Magistarte Rajesh Malik data Agarwal's commentary, pronouncing she was "lured" by the builders who had advertised the residential undertaking as "Ballet by Sharapova". Apart from the name, the complainant says it was the proposal of a tennis academy in the undertaking and industrial space for clothing and sports wear that caught her eye. The court docket stated, "If the averments of the complainant are to be believed, it shows that nothing has happened on the said project and alleged persons have no licence or sanction for construction or development at the project, for which the complainant paid Rs 53.03 lakh."
"Sharapova not only aggressively promoted the fraudulent activities of the accused, but also supported the project in the eyes of the general public and is, therefore, a part of this criminal conspiracy," the complainant stated.
"If the alleged persons have no licence or sanction to raise the residential flats in the name of 'Ace by Sharapova', Sector 73, Gurgaon, and accepted Rs 53 lakh to book a flat of unit area of 2,500 sqft, then they have undoubtedly committed criminal offence," the court docket stated, directing the SHO concerned to sign in an FIR under related sections and to research "all angles".
Advocate Singh instructed TOI, "Once the court issues an order, the police has to register the FIR. Sharapova had come down to India two-three times in 2013 to meet prospective buyers. More than 1,500 people have invested in this project, but the project still has not seen the light of the day."
FIR ordered against Maria Sharapova for lending name to ‘shady’ Gurugram project
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