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The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 29) reserved judgment on the issue whether advocates can be held liable under the Consumer Protection Act for deficiency of services. A Bench of Justices.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court imposed costs of ₹25,000 on the Central government on finding that the government had effectively re-agitated an issue of law that had already been settled earlier by the Supreme Court.
“We have serious apprehensions as to whether these matters should continue clogging the judicial system, in view of the fact that those were extra-ordinary times when the Covid-19 was raging," the Court said.
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