Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 908 · Decided 15 July 2009
Maruti Suzuki India LTD. v. Rajiv Kumar Loomba & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 908 · [2009] 10 S.C.R. 1013
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1841/2003
- Decided
- 15 July 2009
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; Consumer Protection Act Section 2(1)(r)
Headnote
~ ,, .. .,. CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 1986: s.2(1)(r) - Unfair trade practice - Cons·umer charged for c a device which was not provided in the car sold to him - Held: The act of the manufacturer-seller was wholly arbitrary and would amount to unfair trade practice - Definition in s.2(1)(r) is not exhaustive of sub-clauses (i) . -·~ to (x) - Even if there is a direction of the Central Government D that same price should be charged for all cars whether fitted with catalytic converter or not, it will be violative of Article 14 of the Constitution - Constitution of India, 1950 -
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