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“Intentional exercise of a choice between the alternatives bars the persons making the choice from the benefit of the one not selected on the principle of ‘estoppel by election’.”
Supreme Court, while going by the ordinary meaning of ‘commercial purpose’, said that ‘Commercial’ denotes “pertaining to commerce”. However, the Explanation clarifies that even purchases in certain situations for ‘commercial purposes’ would not take within its sweep the purchaser out of the definition of expression ‘consumer’
NCDRC remarked that the argument of dissolution of joint venture agreement relieving obligations of one of the opposite parties was misconceived and could not be accepted.
by Bharat Anand†, Achint Kaur††, Mukul Aggarwal†††
Supreme Court said that the burden was on the appellant more particularly in a circumstance when all the family members had got administered the same vaccination from the same source and the appellant himself did not undergo any difficulty when the first two doses were administered.
“The issue is not of fixing a value to a piece of real estate which the complainant is in possession of. Rather, it is one of compensation for the deficiency in service and of indemnifying the complaint against any future loss.”
Although the instant matter was remanded back to NCDRC to decide on facts, the Supreme Court very well elaborated the cause of action, Doctrine of Merger, principle of Res Judicata and Precedents.
Supreme Court said that when the defects are not intimated, and the warranty class has not been complied with, the Classification Certificate automatically becomes invalid.
The Court explained that the power to special leave is an exceptional and overriding power, naturally it must be exercised sparingly and with caution and only in very exceptional situations. It will only be used to advance the cause of justice and its exercise will be governed by well-established principles.
A consumer complaint was filed before the TSCDRC alleging deficiency of service/medical negligence on part of the staff performing surgery, seeking compensation of Rs 40 lakhs.
“The report of the surveyor can be contested by the insured for valid reasons. The insurer is required to consider the report of the surveyor appointed by it although he is not bound to accept the report in entirety.”
NCDRC held the HSBC officials negligent and deficient in service entitling the complainants to compensation for unwarranted humiliation, embarrassment and loss of reputation.
While deciding upon the complaint, the NCDRC also made important observations on ethical questions surrounding Assisted Reproductive Techniques and urged the Government to bring out necessary regulations for safe ART procedures.
The Commission was deciding a case where the complainant (who was a medical professional himself) had accused the opposite parties of medical negligence after his son died due to cardiac arrest after getting operated for disfigurement of eye.
Supreme Court expressed that “We fail to understand as to how the theft could be said to be in any way a deficiency in service by the Railways.”
NCDRC conveyed that “We have deep sympathies with the death of Justice Verma, but it cannot be ground for liability.”
While dealing with the challenge against the order of SCDRC, the NCDRC found that the hospital made every possible attempt during medical complications after a successful surgery.
by Siddharth R. Gupta† and Prakriti††
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 29
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In another case of delayed possession of flats by builder in Gurugram, NCDRC directed the builder to compensate the homebuyers for delay and differences of brochure and builder homebuyer agreement.