The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the Centre's petition seeking transfer of various pleas, which are challenging validity of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA) to the Delhi High Court. <br/><br/>The Centre told the bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that 21 petitions challenging the validity of the Act are pending in various high courts across the country. It told the bench, also comprising Justices Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar, that these petitions pending before different high courts should be transferred to the Delhi High Court for adjudication of these matters. <br/><br/>The bench agreed to hear the Centre's plea and fixed it for hearing on September 4. The central Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act came into effect on May 1, 2017, a year after it was passed by Parliament.<br/><br/>Under the act, each state and union territory will have its own Regulatory Authority which will frame regulations and rules as per the Act. <br/><br/>The RERA covers both new project launches and on-going projects where the completion or occupation certificate has not been received.