Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 453 · Decided 20 September 2000
Charan Singh v. Healing Touch Hospital and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 453 · [2000] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 337
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 767/2000
- Decided
- 20 September 2000
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, M.B. SHAH, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, I 986: A B Section 23-National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission C dismissing a complaint after six years of its pendency without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, on the ground that the claim made was excessive-Legality of-Held, the National Conslfmer as "excessive" or "exaggerated"-Whether the claim was realistic, exaggerated, or excessive, D could only have been determined after the complainant had been given an opportunity to prove the case he had set up-Loss of salary is not the sole factor which was required to be
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