C.A. No. 003363 / 2020

A contractual clause conditioning refund of consideration upon resale of property must be construed reasonably, and a builder cannot indefinitely withhold refund of earnest money relying on such a clause where years have elapsed without refund. This principle, as analysed on casestatus.in, affirms NCDRC's consumer protection jurisdiction to order refund with interest when a developer's own conduct acknowledges the obligation to refund.