Supreme Court Dismisses Estate Officer's Appeals in Leasehold to Freehold Conversion Dispute Under Consumer Protection Act. The court held that allottees paying conversion fee are consumers under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, and the Estate Officer's refusal based on an internal memo without public notification was arbitrary under the Chandigarh Conversion of Residential Leasehold Land Tenure into Freehold Land Tenure Rules, 1996.
7 Sep 2021The dispute arose from the Estate Officer's refusal to convert leasehold residential plots in Chandigarh to freehold under the Chandigarh Conversion o...
