New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether education falls under the Consumer Protection (CP) Act's definition of a service. Justices D Y Chandrachud and B V Nagarathna noted that a similar legal issue was pending adjudication in another case and tagged the case with it.
"With regard to Civil Appeal No 3504 of 2020 (Manu Solanki and Others V/s Vinayaka Mission University), the issue of whether education is a service within the meaning of the Consumer Protection Act is currently before this Court. Permission has been granted. Labelled as Civil Appeal, "In an order dated October 29, the bench stated.
The Supreme Court was hearing an appeal filed by a Lucknow resident challenging a National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission order that said educational institutions are not covered by the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, and that education, which includes co-curricular activities like swimming, is not a "service" under the Act 1986. In this case, the man's son was a student at a school that, in 2007, offered a variety of 'Summer Camp' activities, including swimming, to students who paid Rs 1,000 to participate.
Karnataka High Court has set a limit on the use of the SC/ST Act.
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