A flat buyer cannot automatically claim the parking space used by the previous owner; the Maharashtra State Co-operative Appellate Court has ruled in an interim order that could influence parking disputes in cooperative housing societies across the state.

The court held that parking spaces belong to the housing society and must be allotted in accordance with its bye-laws. Even if a seller had been using a particular parking slot for years, the allotment does not pass on with the sale of the flat.