Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 427 · Decided 19 September 2005
Unit Trust of India v. Ravinder Kumar Shukla, ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 427 · [2005] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 281
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1619/2005
- Decided
- 19 September 2005
- Bench
- S.N. VARIAVA, AR. LAKSHMANAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Consumer Protection Act
Headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986: Cheques-Sent by post-Non receipt of-Complaint before Consumer C Forum alleging deficiency in service on the part of the payer-Courts held the payer liable to pay and negligence on its part-On appeal, held: Drawer is liable to pay-Loss has to be borne by it, the post drawee to send 1he amount by post. D Respondents-unit holders of the units of the appellant-company had filed complaints before District Forums alleging that they had not received the cheques issued by the appellant and sent through post. The Consumer Forums held that appellants were bound to
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