Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 803 · Decided 10 July 2008
Faqir Chand Gulati v. Uppal Agencies PVT. LTD. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 803 · [2008] 10 S.C.R. 697
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3302/2005
- Decided
- 10 July 2008
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, LOKESHWAR SINGH PANTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 2(1)(d)(ii)(g)
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986: Ss. 2(1)(d)(ii)(g) & (o), 3 and 14: c Service - Owner entering into a collaboration agreement with a builder for construction of a residential building and sharing constructed area - Can owner be termed as Consumer and builder as service provider for the purpose Act - Maintainability of complaint under 1986 Act - 0 Held: Maintainable - There was no provision in the agree- ment for shared control of management of joint enterprise and shared liability for losses - Under the circumstances, State Consumer Commission and National Consumer Commission erred
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