Supreme Court of India
Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. v. Ajay Kumar
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid, direction No.(ii) cannot be sustained.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - s. 14, 14(1)(d) and 14(hc) - Complaint alleging unfair trade practices...: Upheld by National Commission - Directions to discontinue unfair c trade practices; to issue corrective advertisements; and to pay compensation - Challenge to - Held: /legations were not supported by any material or evidence and not specifically pleaded - s.5(1) and (2) of 2003 Act prohibited issuance of any advertisement in relation to cigarettes - Power to issue direction regarding corrective advertisement was introduc~d u/s 14 of 1986 Act, later - There was no allegation that
Where later benches applied it
- 2014 General Motors (india) Private Limited v. Ashok Ramnik Lal Tolat & Anr.
- 2024 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. v. Awaz & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to
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