Supreme Court of India

Ghaziabad Development Authority v. Balbir Singh

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Reported as [2004] 3 S.C.R. 68

Bench S.N. Variava and H.K. Sema JJ.

Decided 17 March 2004

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From the headnote

Consumer Protection Act, 1986: Consumer Forums-Jurisdiction-In cases of service rendered by statutory and public authorities-Held, Act has a wide reach and the National Consumer Disputes Redressa/ Commission has jurisdiction even in cases of service rendered by statutory and public authorities-Such authorities become liable to compensate for misfeasance in public office, i.e. an act which is oppressive or capricious or arbitrary or negligent provided loss or irijury is suffered by a citizen. Lucknow Development Authority v. MK. Gupta, [1994) I SCC 243, relied on. Statutory/public

Authorities it was built on

1999 V. Sudeer Etc v. Bar Council of India and Another cited by 27
1988 Hindustan Thompson Associates Ltd. v. Mrs. Maya Inderson Israni & Ors. cited by 21

Where later benches applied it

2020 Wg. Cdr. Arifur Rahman Khan and Aleya Sultana and Ors. v. Dlf Southern Homes Pvt Ltd. (now Known as Begur Omr Homes Pvt. Ltd.) and Ors. relied on
2019 Huda v. Vidya Chetal relied on
2018 M/s. Fortune Infrastructure (now Known as M/s. Hicon Infrastructure) & Anr. v. Trevor D’lima & Ors. relied on
2011 M/s. Msk Projects (i) (jv) Ltd v. State of Rajasthan & Anr. relied on
2025 Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (gmada) through its Estate Officer (h) v. Anupam Garg Etc. referred to
2024 Dharmendra Sharma v. Agra Development Authority referred to
2023 M/s Suneja Towers Private Limited & Anr. v. Anita Merchant referred to
2021 Estate Officer and Anr. v. Charanjit Kaur referred to

Of those, 4 relied on · 4 referred to

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