In a ruling hailed by legal experts as a landmark, the Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (MahaREAT) has dismissed an appeal filed by a homebuyer against Kanakia Spaces Realty Pvt Ltd, holding that an unsigned and unnotarized appeal uploaded online cannot be treated as a valid filing for the purpose of statutory limitation.

The bench relied on forensic analysis of server records and defence evidence to pass the order. The ruling, delivered on January 29, 2026, in Miscellaneous Application No 751 of 2025 (Anubhav Virmani v. Kanakia Spaces Realty Pvt Ltd), is being viewed as a significant precedent on the use and misuse of digital filing systems in real estate disputes.