Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Consumer Protection Act 1986 Compensation National Saving Certificate |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Consumer Protection Act, 1986: Compensation - Purchase of National Saving Certificate (NSC) by a proprietorship concern - On maturity, matured amount not paid by respondent authorities on the ground that an NSC could only be issued in the name of an individual, and that, the NSC taken in the name of proprietorship concern was not valid - Held: The irregularity committed while issuing NSC in the name of proprietor concern could have been easily corrected by authorities by substituting the name of the proprietor - Rigidity adopted by authorities was wrong - The authorities issued a certificate which they could not have E issued and, therefore, they cannot be allowed to enrich themselves by retaining the deposit made - Authorities ought to have devised means to regularize the irregularity -District Forum was right in directing the authorities to pay the maturity amount with 12% interest and Rs.5,0001- as compensation, and also cost of Rs.2,0001-, to the proprietorship concern which was wrongly set aside by State and National Commission.Estoppel: Applicability of - Held: Where two people with the same source of information assert the same truth or agree to assert the same falsehood at the same time, neither ce:: be estopped against the other. |
Judge | Honble Mr. Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar |
Neutral Citation | 2014 INSC 703 |
Petitioner | M/s. Bhagwati Vanaspati Traders |
Respondent | Senior Superintendent Of Post Offices, Meerut |
SCR | [2014] 10 S.C.R. 762 |
Judgement Date | 2014-10-10 |
Case Number | 4854 |
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