Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 473 · Decided 12 October 1999
Kalpavruksha Charitable Trust v. Toshniwal Brothers (Bombay) PVT. LTD. and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 473 · [1999] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 619
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9737/1996
- Decided
- 12 October 1999
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 2(1)(d)(i)
Headnote
B Consumer Protection Act, 1986: Section 2(1)(d)(i). Consumer--Who is-Expression 'Commercial purpose'-Scope and meaning of-Diagnostic Centre nm by Appellant Trust-CT Scan Machine C used by Centre-Patients required to pay for use of m~chine--Only ten per cent patients provided free service-Held a consumer. The Appellant-Trust was running a Diagnostic Centre. It purchased a CT Scan Machine for use of which patients were paying fee. Only ten per D cent of the patients were being provided free service. On the question whether the appellant was a 'Consumer' under the Consumer Protection
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