Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 459 · Decided 11 July 2013
DR. Jagmittar Sain Bhagat v. DIR. Health Services, Haryana & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 459 · [2013] 8 S.C.R. 77
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5476/2013
- Decided
- 11 July 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, S.A. BOBDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 2, 11
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - ss. 2 and 11 - Forum under the Act - Jurisdiction of, to deal with the service matters A B of government servants -Held: A government servant cannot C raise any dispute regarding his service conditions or for payment of gratuity or GPF or any of his retiral benefits Forum under the Act - The government servant does not fall under the definition of a "consumer" as defined u/s.2(1)(d)(ii) of the Act - Such government servant is entitled D to claim his retiral benefits strictly in accordance with his service conditions and regulations or statutory
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