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SC: Landowner Can Seek Compensation from Builder under Consumer Protection Act(25.07.2016)

SC has held that a landowner who signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a builder to develop apartments on his land is a consumer and can dema.....

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SC: A Trust Cannot Be a Complainant Before Consumer Forum(09.03.2017)

Supreme Court has observed that a Trust cannot file a consumer dispute under provisions of Consumer Protection Act.

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SC: Commercial Transactions Not Within the Purview of Consumer Protection Act, 1986(08.04.2024)

Supreme Court has held that commercial disputes cannot be decided in summary proceedings under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 but the appropriate r.....

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SC: Cannot Make Advocates Liable for Deficiency of Service Under Consumer Protection Act, 1986(14.05.2024)

SC has held that advocates cannot be made liable for deficiency of service under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 as re-enacted in 2019 and observed .....

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SC: Reconsideration Required of the Judgement That Brought Doctors Under Consumer Protection Act(15.05.2024)

Supreme Court while deciding whether advocates can be held liable under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, has observed that the judgement that brough.....

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Central Government Notifies Date for Provisions of Consumer Protection Act to Come Into Force(17.07.2020)

Central Government has issued a notification stating that most of the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 shall come into force on 20th Ju.....

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SC: Healthcare Services Covered Under Consumer Protection law(02.05.2022)

Supreme Court has said that doctors and healthcare services are not barred from the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act of 2019 and termed the concer.....

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Supreme Court Directs Centre to Frame Model Rules For Consumer Courts(22.11.2016)

Supreme Court, while emphasizing that “a systemic overhaul of entire infrastructure is necessary if Consumer Protection Act, 1986, is not to become a .....

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SC: Definition of ‘Consumer’ Includes ‘Consumers’(17.05.2023)

Supreme Court while referring to Brigade Enterprises Ltd. v. Anil Kumar (MANU/SC/1285/2021) has held that upon a conjoint reading of Section 2(1)(b)(i.....

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SC: Centre Made Party to Interpret the Word ‘Person’ Under Consumer Protection Act(19.09.2024)

Supreme Court while hearing a issue whether charitable trust can be considered a “consumer”, has made the Union of India a party in the case for assis.....

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Bombay High Court: One Needs to be Mindful of the Object Behind the Consumer Protection Act(07.04.2025)

Bombay High Court has observed that one needs to be mindful of the object behind the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 that an untrained, unwary consumer .....

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Supreme Court: Company Buying Software for Efficiency and Profit Is Not a ‘Consumer’ under CPA(14.11.2025)

Supreme Court ruled that a person buying a product for commercial purposes linked to profit generation cannot be a consumer under the Consumer Protect.....

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RERA Doesn’t Bar Homebuyers Complaint Under Consumer Protection Act Against Builder: NCDRC(18.04.2019)

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held that Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) does not bar filing of.....

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SC Upholds Penalty on Bank For Delay in Cheque Presentation under Consumer Protection Act(16.04.2026)

Supreme Court held that a bank’s failure to present a cheque within its validity period, without reasonable explanation, constitutes deficiency in ser.....

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Mumbai Commission Holds Reliance Retail Liable for Defective AC Replacement Failure(20.08.2025)

South Mumbai District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has held the Reliance Retail liable for deficiency in service after it failed to replace .....

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SC: Consumer Forum Can Enforce Final Orders (2003–2020); Reads ‘Any Order’ in Section 25(1)(25.08.2025)

SC has held that consumer forum can enforce final orders like sale deed execution passed between 2003 to 2020 u/s 25(1) of Consumer Protection Act, 19.....

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