https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=127033 Auction purchasers of existing leasehold sites sold on an as-is-where-is basis are not consumers under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, because the transaction is a transfer of immovable property and not a hiring of services by a public authority. The bidder therefore cannot treat the authority as a service provider or postpone premium instalments, ground rent, or contractual interest until amenities are supplied, and consumer fora cannot rewrite the bargain by rescheduling payment terms. Default interest, however, must conform to the rate authorised by the applicable leasehold rules, and any excess charge is recoverable only in accordance with law. en-us Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:09:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=127033 Auction purchasers of existing leasehold sites sold on an as-is-where-is basis are not consumers under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, because the transaction is a transfer of immovable property and not a hiring of services by a public authority. The bidder therefore cannot treat the authority as a service provider or postpone premium instalments, ground rent, or contractual interest until amenities are supplied, and consumer fora cannot rewrite the bargain by rescheduling payment terms. Default interest, however, must conform to the rate authorised by the applicable leasehold rules, and any excess charge is recoverable only in accordance with law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=127033