Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 264 · Decided 19 March 2026
Sant Rohidas Leather Industries and Charmakar Development Corporation LTD. v. Vijaya Bank
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 264 · [2026] 4 S.C.R. 221
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4841/2023
- Decided
- 19 March 2026
- Bench
- PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, MANOJ MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act Section 2(1)(d)
Headnote
Whether the appellant, a body corporate, while availing services of the Bank to deposit its surplus funds in an interest bearing term deposit, such as a Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR), could be considered a consumer as defined in Protection Act, 1986; whether the nature of allegations made in the complaint were such that they took the claim outside the purview of proceedings under the 1986 Act. Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - s.2(1)(d) - "consumer" - NCDRC dismissed the
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