Have you ever wondered if you can take your lawyer to the consumer court for poor services?
Well, the Supreme Court of India in a verdict delivered on May 14 [Bar of Indian Lawyers v. DK Gandhi PS National Institute of Communicable Diseases and Anr] addressed this exact concern and answered in the negative.
In a significant ruling, a Bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal opined that the service provided by a lawyer constitutes a “contract of personal service” and is thus excluded from the ambit of “Service” as defined under Section 2, sub-section (42) of the Consumer Protection Act.
