Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1162 · Decided 17 October 2019
M. Hariharasudhan v. R. Karmegam and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1162 · [2019] 13 S.C.R. 442
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8069/2019
- Decided
- 17 October 2019
- Bench
- MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR, AJAY RASTOGI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 357; Consumer Protection Act Section 3
Headnote
Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act, 1992: ss. 7, 10 and 14 - Whether the Act excludes the jurisdiction of civil court - High Court by impugned order held that though there is no express bar on civil jurisdiction, but since the Act and the Rules a particular method of claiming compensation for damages to the property, all other methods for claiming compensation were excluded by implication - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: A claim for compensation under the Act is only in the nature of an additional remedy - It is
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