Consumer Forum jurisdiction extends to conveyance registration claims in composite housing service disputes.

A composite housing transaction involving construction and allied obligations was treated as a service arrangement under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, so a complaint seeking execution and registration of the conveyance was maintainable before the Consumer Forum. The Act was read broadly in light of its remedial object and Section 3, which preserves its remedies as additional to other laws. The availability of relief under the Specific Relief Act or the Registration Act did not exclude consumer jurisdiction, because the dispute fell within the definitions of consumer, service, deficiency, and the Forum's powers. The Consumer Forum was therefore competent to entertain and decide the claim for conveyance execution and registration.

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Issues: Whether the Consumer Forum had jurisdiction to entertain a complaint seeking execution and registration of a conveyance in a housing transaction and whether such proceeding was maintainable under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

Analysis: The agreement was treated as more than a bare contract for sale of immovable property. It embodied multiple obligations, including housing construction and related services, and the final execution and registration of the conveyance was regarded as part of the service to be performed under the composite arrangement. The Act was construed broadly in view of its remedial object and Section 3, which makes its remedies additional to those under other laws. The definitions of consumer, service, deficiency, and the District Forum's jurisdiction were read to include disputes of this nature, and the Court held that the presence of remedies under the Specific Relief Act or the Registration Act did not oust the Consumer Forum's jurisdiction.

Conclusion: The Consumer Forum was held competent to grant relief of execution and registration of the conveyance, and the proceeding was held maintainable.

Ratio Decidendi: Where a housing transaction is a composite contract involving construction and allied obligations, the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 provides an additional remedy and the Consumer Forum can entertain and decide a claim for execution and registration of conveyance as a service-related dispute.

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