Activity involving offer of plots for sale with assurance of development of infrastructure/amenities, lay-out approvals etc. is a ‘service

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Narne Construction (P.) Ltd. Versus Union of India CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 4432-4450 OF 2012 MAY 10, 2012 JUDGMENT T.S. Thakur, J. – The short question that falls for determination in these appeals by special leave is whether the appellant-company was, in the facts and circumstances of the case, offering any ‘service’ to the respondents within the meaning of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 so as to make it amenable to the jurisdiction of the fora established under the said Act. Relying upon the decision of this Court in Lucknow Development ...