Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 364 · Decided 6 May 2004
H.N. Shankara Shastry v. The ASSTT. Director of Agriculture, Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 364 · [2004] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 406
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2253/1999
- Decided
- 6 May 2004
- Bench
- SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 14(1)
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986; Section 14(1) : Consumer filed a complaint against seller for selling sub-standard C quality of seeds which has resulted in loss/damage to him-District Forum directed the seller to refund price of the seeds and also damages-State Commission modified the order interest thereon-Revision Petition dismissed by National Commission-On appeal, Held: since object of enactment of the D Act was to better protect the interest of the consumer, provision of the Act ought to be interpreted accordingly in a rational manner to realize the objective-Since the
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