Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Consumer Protection Act |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.2(d) – The complainant - respondent entered into a tripartite agreement with the appellant and its franchisee – As per the agreement, the respondent purchased 750 kgs of wet musli for sowing from the appellant, at the rate of Rs. 400/- per kg, and cultivated the same in her land – The appellant was to buy back the produce at a minimum price of Rs. 1000/- per kg from the respondent – The appellant failed to buy back her produce – Consequent to which, the respondent lodged a consumer complaint – The District Forum dismissed the complaint and held that the same was not maintainable since the respondent was not a ‘consumer ’ within the meaning of the Act, 1986 – The State Commission set aside the order passed by the District Forum and held that the respondent was a ‘consumer’ under the Act 1986 – The National Commission upheld the finding of the State Commission – On appeal, held: It is settled by the Supreme Court in the case of Laxmi Engineering that an agreement for buy back by the seed Company of the crop grown by a farmer cannot be regarded as a resale transaction and he cannot be brought out of the scope of being a ‘consumer’ under the Act, 1986 only on such ground – Even in the instant case, the fact that there was a buy back agreement for the musli crop would not bring the respondent outside the purview of the definition of ‘consumer ’ by rendering the buyback arrangement a resale transaction or being for a commercial purpose – The respondent had the freedom to sell her produce on the open market as well if she was able to obtain a better price – However, this aspect would not take away from the conclusion that the respondent had entered into an agreement for growing musli crop for the purpose of earning a livelihood, since an agriculturist would always have to sell his produce in order to earn his livelihood – Thus, there is no reason to interfere with the order passed by the National Commission affirming that the respondent is a ‘consumer’ within the meaning of Act, 1986 |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar |
Neutral Citation | 2020 INSC 289 |
Petitioner | M/s Nandan Biomatrix Ltd. |
Respondent | S.ambika Devi & Ors. |
SCR | [2020] 5 S.C.R. 344 |
Judgement Date | 2020-03-06 |
Case Number | 7357 |
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