Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(d) -- Consumer - Commercial purpose - Vehicle finance - Service of finance obtained by the respondent-complainant for purchase of two trucks - There is no material to suggest that trucks were purchased by the complainant for earning livelihood by self-employment - The District Forum erred in considering the complainant to be a..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(f), 13(1)(b), 14 -- Motor vehicle - Manufacturing defect - Expert evidence - Compensation - Vehicle suffered only minor defects in the nature of clutch plate, assembly, tool pump, valve, cylinder, slibs, piston rings etc. - Those cannot be termed as manufacturing defects, especially when the vehicle has been extensively used and..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 3, Electricity Act, 2003, Section 61 -- Additional remedy - Electricity bills - Dispute as to - Plea that complaint not maintainable under CP Act and remedy for the respondent is to take steps u/s 61 of Electricity Act, 2002 before the Electricity Regulatory Commission repelled - U/s 3 of the CP Act this is an additional remedy to a..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1) -- Consumer - Electricity supply - Appellant is a service provider which is supplying electricity after charging tariff prescribed by the appellant - Plea that respondent not a consumer repelled...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(d)(ii)(Prior, -- Consumer - Commercial purpose - Complaint maintainability - Electricity supply - For commercial purpose - Amendment came into force w.e.f. 15.03.2003 and the complaint filed on 9.10 - 2002 - Complaint held maintainable as amendment prospective in operation and not retrospective...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A -- Limitation - Electricity bills - Dispute as to - For the period January, 2000 to January,2002 - Plea that cause of action arose in May,2000 and complaint filed on 9.10.2002 is barred by limitation repelled as the appellant is having a continuous cause of action...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(d) -- Consumer - Commercial purpose - JCB machine - L&T Case - Respondent No. 1 who categorically stated that the machine was purchased by him to get the hilly portion of the land levelled and machine used ever since it purchase for his personal use and it was not put to commercial purpose - The stand of respondent No.1 remained..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(f), 2(1)(g) -- JCB machine - L&T Case - Manufacturing defect - Respondent No. 1 who categorically stated that the machine was purchased by him to get the hilly portion of the land leveled - Machine having recurring defects - The machine instead of working smoothly was more being attended upon by the appellants and respondent No...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 15 -- Appeal - Joint and several liability - Order passed against appellants and respondent No.2 - Appeal filed only by appellants and not by respondent No.2 - There grounds of defence while contesting the complaint of respondent No.1 were the same and had filed common written statements was represented by a single Counsel - In law..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(g), Marine Insurance Act, 1963, Section 19 -- Marine insurance - Fishing boat - Repudiation - On the ground that appellant did not act with utmost good faith and claim lodged false and fabricated - Before the State Commission the complainant did not attempt to rebut any of the grounds cited by the OP Insurance Company in its..........
