Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 410 · Decided 14 May 2024
Bar of Indian Lawyers Through Its President Jasbir Singh Malik v. D. K. Gandhi PS National Institute of Communicable Diseases and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 410 · [2024] 6 S.C.R. 484
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2646/2009
- Decided
- 14 May 2024
- Bench
- BELA M. TRIVEDI, PANKAJ MITHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 2(42), 2(1)(o)
Headnote
Matter pertains to whether a complaint alleging "deficiency in service" against advocates practising legal profession, would be maintainable under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 whether "Service" hired or availed of an advocate would fall within the definition of "Service" contained in the C.P. Act, 1986/2019; whether the legislature ever intended to include the professions or services rendered by the professionals within the purview of the CP
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