Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 29 · Decided 16 January 2012
M/S. National Seeds Corporation LTD. v. M. Madhusudhan Reddy and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 29 · [2012] 2 S.C.R. 1065
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7543/2004
- Decided
- 16 January 2012
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act,. 1986: A B ss. 12 and 2(d)(i) - Complaints fHed by farmers/growers c of seeds before the District Forums alleging failure of the crops/less yield on account of defective seeds supplied by the Government Company-appellant and praying for award of compensation The Seeds Act is a special legislation enacted for ensuring that there is no D compromise with the quality of seeds sold to the farmers and others and provisions have been made for imposition of substantive punishment on a person found guilty - However, there is no provision for compensating
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