Supreme Court of India
Ethiopian Airlines v. Ganesh Narain Saboo
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered view that the impugned order E passed by the National Commission is untenable so far it held that the proceeding before the Consumer Forum does not come within the sweep of term "suit" because it is contrary to the judgment of the Constitution Bench of this court in Economic Transport Organization (supra).
Judgment, page 46
From the headnote
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - s. 86 - Suit against c foreign Rules, Ambassadors and Envoys - Complaint before the Consumer Fora against appellant-foreign airlines by respondent alleging deficiency in service - Applicability of s. 86 to proceedings before consumer fora - Case of appellant that being a foreign State or its instrumentality it could not be proceeded against under the Consumer Protection Act without obtaining proper permission of the Central Government - Held: Proceeding before the Consumer Forum comes within the sweep of term 'suit' - However, s. 86 is inapplicable - Consumer
Authorities it was built on
- 2003 State of Karnataka v. Vishwabharathi House Building Cooperative Society and Ors.
- 1989 Ratan Lal Adukia & Anr. v. Union of India
- 2005 M/s. Maruti Udyog Ltd. v. Ram Lal and Ors.
- 2004 Savita Garg v. The Director, National Heart Institute
- 1959 Abdul Rahim Ismail Rahimtoola v. The State of Bombay
- 1965 Mirza Ali Akbar Kashani v. United Arab Republic and Anr.
- 2000 Patel Roadways Ltd. v. Birla Yamaha Ltd.
- 2007 Ghaziabad Zila Sahakari Bank Ltd. v. Addl. Labour Commissioner& Ors.
- 2009 E.L.C.M. Exports Limited v. South Indian Corpn. (agencies) Ltd. & Anr.
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