14/05/2024
Supreme Court of India, Judgment dated 14.05.2024,In Civil appeal no.2646 of 2009 in the matter of: Bar of Indian Lawyers Through its President Jasbir Singh Malik vs.D.K..Gandhi PS National Institute of
Communicable Diseases and Another along with other connected matters-Held- The legal profession is sui generis, I.e.,unique in nature and cannot be compared with any other profession. A service hired/availed of an advocate is service under " a contract of personal service, and is exclusinary part of " service "as defined in section 2(45) of Consumer Protection Act,2019.Conclusively a complaint alleging "deficiency in service against advocates practising in legal profession would not be maintainable under Consumer Protection Act.