Supreme Court of India

M/s. Kranti Associates Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Sh. Masood Ahmed Khan & Others

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Reported as [2010] 10 S.C.R. 1070

Bench G.S. Singhvi J.

Decided 8 September 2010

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons aforesaid, we set aside the order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and remand the matter to the said forum for deciding the matter by passing a rE;lasoned order in the light of the observations made above.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Judgment/Order: Necessity of reasons - Held: Reasons are indispensablacomponent of a decision making process - Even in administrative decisions, reasons should be recorded, if such decisions affect anyone prejudicially- Thus, a quasi-judicial authority must record reasons in support of its conclusions - National Commission has the trappings of a civil court and is a high-powered quasi-judicial forum for deciding /is between the parties - non-reasoned order passed by National Commission is thus liable to be set aside - Consumer Protection Act, 1986 - ss. 13, 22 - Penal Code, 1860 - ss.193, 228

Authorities it was built on

1996 Shri M.L. Jaggi v. Mahanagar Telephones Nigam Ltd. and Ors. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

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2022 K. Srinivasappa & Ors. v. M. Mallamma & Ors. relied on
2021 Brijmani Devi v. Pappu Kumar & Anr. relied on
2021 Neeharika Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Maharashtra and Others relied on
2012 Manohar S/o Manikrao Anchule v. State of Maharashtra and Anr relied on
2010 Oryx Fisheries Private Limited v. Union of India and Others relied on
2025 Krishnadatt Awasthy v. State of M.P. & Ors. referred to
2024 Basudev Dutta v. The State of West Bengal & Ors. referred to
2023 Ramkrishna Forgings Limited v. Ravindra Loonkar, Resolution Profession of Acil Limited & Anr. referred to
2023 Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2023 State Bank of India & Ors v. Rajesh Agarwal & Ors referred to
2022 State of Andhra Pradesh (now State of Telangana) v. A. P. State Wakf Board & Ors. referred to
2021 National Highways Authority of India & Others v. Madhukar Kumar & Others referred to
2019 Nareshbhai Bhagubhai & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to

Of those, 7 relied on · 8 referred to

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