Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(d) -- Housing - Consumer - Cancellation of allotment of flat on failure on the part of complainant to deposit the required amount - Plea that he applied for house building advance from GPF which has taken unusual time repelled - Held that no distinction can be made between the common consumer and the consumer who is a Government..........
Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Order 6, Rule 1, 2 -- Pleadings - A fact which is within the special knowledge of the defendant need not be pleaded in the plaint...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(d) -- Consumer - Medical service - Rs. 1800/- donated to charitable hospital for operation of eye - Held that it is nothing but a method of taking the fee in different form - Complainant is definitely consumer...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(g),14(1),(d), Railways Act, 1989, Section 100 -- Railway services - Theft and loss of suit case from the reserved berth - No bolts and hooks for the safety of luggage - Unauthorised person entered and taken away the suit case - Complainant tried to pull the chain but that was out of order - Railways held deficient in service by..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(g) -- Cellular service - Change in Scheme - Without prior notice - Held that after taking consent of the subscribers for the particular scheme OP cannot unilaterally change it to another scheme without giving prior information to the subscribers and option for subscribers not letting them know what is being charged for the next..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(d) -- Consumer - Allotment of land - Under Tehri Rehabilitation Scheme - Complainant withdrew earnest money - In absence of any consideration left with OP, complainant cannot be consumer...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(d) -- Consumer - Commercial purpose - Advocate - Appellant-complainant Corporation engaged the services of an Advocate to defend the Corporation in respect of a dispute between the employees and corporation - Preliminary objection by OP-respondent that the complainant Corporation involved in commercial activity hence not..........
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, Section 2(k) -- Juvenile - Crucial date to determine whether the accused is a juvenile or not, is the date on which the offence was committed...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 2(g) -- Trial and enquiry - Distinction - Trial is distinct from inquiry and inquiry must always be a forerunner to the trial...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1),(e) -- Consumer dispute - Housing construction - It is within the definition of service - Appellant having taken a Theka for housing construction in which he was to get handsome amount for rendering service - If there is any deficiency in his service definitely it is a consumer dispute...........