Supreme Court · 1993 INSC 365 · Decided 5 November 1993
Lucknow Development Authority v. M.K. Gupta
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1993 INSC 365 · [1993] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 615
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6237/1990
- Decided
- 5 November 1993
- Bench
- KULDIP SINGH, R.M. SAHAI (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 11, 17, 21
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986;-Social benefit oriented legisla­ tion-/'rovisions of Act to be construed in favour of consume~urt to adopt constructive approach. A B .C Consumner Protection Act, 1986-Sections 2(c) 11,2 and 16-Jurisdic- tion of Commission-Word 'consumer'--Deficiency in service 2(o}-Service-Meaning and scope of-Words '~y· and 'potential'-Meaning of. Consumer Protection Act, 1986-Jurisdiction-Whether public authorities are amenable to jurisdiction under Act-Held, ye.r-A government or semi-government body or a local authority would be as much amenable to
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