Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 703 · Decided 10 October 2014
M/S. Bhagwati Vanaspati Traders v. Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Meerut
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 703 · [2014] 10 S.C.R. 762
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4854/2009
- Decided
- 10 October 2014
- Bench
- J.S. KHEHAR, C. NAGAPPAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986: Compensation - C Purchase of National Saving Certificate (NSC) by a proprietorship concern - On maturity, matured amount not paid by respondent authorities on the ground that an NSC could only be issued in the name of an individual, and in the name of proprietorship concern was not D valid - Held: The irregularity committed while issuing NSC in the name of proprietor concern could have been easily corrected by authorities by substituting the name of the proprietor - Rigidity adopted by authorities was wrong - The authorities
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