Company Purchasing Software To Enhance Efficiency & Profit Is Not A “Consumer” Within Consumer Protection Act: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (November 13) ruled that a person purchasing a product for a 'commercial purpose' having nexus with the generation of a profit can't be categorized as a consumer under the Consumer Protection Act 1986.A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra upheld the dismissal of the consumer complaint filed by the Appellant-software company against the...