Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 556 · Decided 9 August 2011
Ethiopian Airlines v. Ganesh Narain Saboo
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 556 · [2011] 9 S.C.R. 936
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7037/2004
- Decided
- 9 August 2011
- Bench
- DALVEER BHANDARI, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, ANIL R. DAVE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 86; Constitution; Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - s. 86 - Suit against c foreign Rules, Ambassadors and Envoys - Complaint before the Consumer Fora against appellant-foreign airlines by respondent alleging deficiency in service - Applicability of s. 86 to proceedings before consumer fora - Case of foreign State or its instrumentality it could not be D proceeded against under the Consumer Protection Act without obtaining proper permission of the Central Government - Held: Proceeding before the Consumer Forum comes within the sweep of term 'suit' - However, s. 86 is inapplicable - Consumer
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