Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(g), Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 14(2),(Proviso) -- Insurance claim - Repudiation - On the ground of exclusion clause in the policy of insurance in question - Complainant's licence expired on 21.7.1992 - Accident occurred on 20.8.1992 - Licence renewed on 8.9.1992 - Held that in view of proviso to sub-Section (2) of Section..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(o) -- Service - Advancing loan held to be very much service within the definition of service under Section 2(o) of the Act...........
Penal Code, 1860, Section 420,471, 120B -- Passport Act, 1967, Section 12 - Appreciation of evidence - No evidence that the applicants bribed any officer or that this was a part of organised racket - Although appellant-officials had been careless in dealing with the passport application and accepting false medical certificates to issue passport on priority, yet it is..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(c),(v) -- Standard of Weights and Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 1977, Rule 6 Complaint - Maintainability - Non display of essential information like month and year of manufacture on the bottle of mango pickle sold - It is a case of violation of Rule 6 of the 1977 Rules according to which the OP was required to display..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(g) -- Banking service - Deficiency in service - Complaint alleging deficiency in service on the ground that the OP Bank disclosed financial position and details of account of the complainant company to SEBI when the same was not asked for by it - Plea of the OP that it has furnished information to SEBI which is statutory..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 17(b) -- Revisional Jurisdiction - Scope - The powers u/s 17(b) of the Act are `extra-ordinary' powers and the same can be exercised by the Commission only in the circumstances/situations specified in Clause (b) of Section 17 and in no other circumstance/situation - In other words, the scope of a petition filed u/s 17(b) is a limited..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 392, 394 -- Robbery and murder - Confessional statement - Recovery of stolen articles at instance of accused from a place accessible to public - Accused must be deemed to be in exclusive possession of articles though the place of concealment was accessible to public - Statement relating to concealment is..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439 -- Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 42 - Bail - Non-compliance of Section 42 of NDPS Act alleged - Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case and without commenting on the merits of the case, petitioner ordered to be admitted to bail...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 14(2),17,29A -- Revision - Admission of - The revisional application was admitted by a member sitting singly - Held that admission of the revision could not have been done by one member sitting singly - The proviso to Sub-section(2) of Section 14 appears to be so mandatory that the provision of Section 29A does not appear to have the..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A -- Carriage by Air Act, 1972, Schedule II, Rule 30 - Limitation - Since Carriage by Air Act, 1972 is a special provision provided for liability of the air carrier, complainant is barred if he brings an action for damages after 2 years - He cannot refer to the provisions of Section 24-A of the Consumer Protection Act and seek..........
