Consumer Protection Act, 1986

Consumer Protection Act, 1986—Section 17(2)—Expression ‘branch office—Held, the expression ‘branch office’ in the amended Section 17(2) would mean the branch office where the cause of action has arisen—No doubt this would be departing from the plain and literal words of Section 17(2)(b) of the Act but such departure is sometimes necessary (as it is in this case) to avoid absurdity. [vide G.P. Singh’s Principles of Statutory Interpretation, Ninth Edition, 2004 P. 79].