Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A, Civil Procedure Code, 1908, Section 14 -- Limitation - Exclusion of time - The complainant was agitating the matter in right earnest and just made an attempt to safeguard interest by filing civil suit - Withdrawing civil suit in view of the order of the State Commission - Exclusion of time spent in earlier proceedings by State..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(d), Contract Act, 1872, Section 2 -- Bank locker - Hiring of locker - The complainant was a minor on the date there was proposal of his sister to hire the locker jointly along with the complainant for the benefit of the complainant - The Bank cannot avoid such a contract after the complainant had attained majority on the specious..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(g) -- Banking service - Locker hiring - Sister of the complainant entered into contract of hiring locker for the benefit of complainant, who was minor, and his mother - It has been established by the complainant that gold ornaments belonged to mother of the complainant and not to his sister - Mother of the complainant informed..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(g) , 14(1)(d) -- Certified copies - Revenue case - Misfeasance in public office - Compensation - Prolonged harassment and considerable costs in pursuing his request for getting copy - Direction to OP to pay Rs.5,000/ - as compensation for harassment and towards costs of iligation - Direction to initiate appropriate action to..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 17(1)(a)(i) -- Pecuniary jurisdiction - Insurance claim - Claim of the appellant in his complaint was for a sum of Rs. 27 lakh - OP proposed to settle the claim for 4,50,344/ - which the appellant challenged by filing complaint before the State Commission - Order passed by the State Commission at admission stage to transfer the..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(b) , 2(1)(d) -- Complainant - Consumer - Beneficiary - Vehicle finance - Locus standi - Financier of vehicle - He being beneficiary is competent to file and prosecute a complaint under the provisions of CP Act...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(r) -- Unfair trade practice - Education - BAMS course - The college misrepresented the students with regard to the recognition and affiliation - Due to non - availability of these documents, college unable to conduct examination of BAMS - Definitely amounts to unfair trade practice - Respondents liable to refund the amount..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(g), Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 157 -- Insurance claim - Transfer of vehicle - Intimation not given to the appellant - insurer - Held that unless the policy is transferred in the name of the purchaser, the latter cannot claim any compensation from the Insurance Company...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(g) -- Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 - Pension - Claim rejected on account of ineligibility on ground of crossing the age of 60 years prior to coming into force of scheme - Case of petitioner fully established from declaration form forwarded by employer to respondent No. 1 and thereafter admission of respondent No. 1 himself and..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(d), Contract Act, 1872, Section 182 -- Consumer - In terms of agreement, LECA was not an agent of the petitioner for sale, purchase, installations of the equipment manufactured by the petitioner - The installation of equipment in the complainant's premises was undertaken by the LECA as an independent entity - If LECA found any..........
