https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460930 A borrower of a project loan taken for brand-building and film post-production was held not to be a consumer under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 because the services were availed for a commercial purpose. Applying the dominant purpose test, the Court treated the loan as a business-to-business arrangement with a direct nexus to profit generation. The self-employment exception did not apply, since the transaction was not limited to earning livelihood through personal labour but was intended to support commercial exploitation and revenue generation. The consumer complaint was therefore not maintainable, and the order of the consumer commission was set aside on the issue of maintainability. en-us Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:39:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460930 A borrower of a project loan taken for brand-building and film post-production was held not to be a consumer under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 because the services were availed for a commercial purpose. Applying the dominant purpose test, the Court treated the loan as a business-to-business arrangement with a direct nexus to profit generation. The self-employment exception did not apply, since the transaction was not limited to earning livelihood through personal labour but was intended to support commercial exploitation and revenue generation. The consumer complaint was therefore not maintainable, and the order of the consumer commission was set aside on the issue of maintainability. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460930