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A bench of justices, Bela M Trivedi and Pankaj Mithal ruled while setting aside the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission decision.
"Thus, a considerable amount of direct control is exercised by the Client over the manner in which an Advocate renders his services during the
course of his employment," the court said.

"All of these attributes strengthen our opinion that the services hired or availed of by an advocate would be those of a contract 'of personal service' and would therefore stand excluded from the definition of "service" contained in Section 2(42) of the CP Act, 2019. As a necessary corollary, a complaint alleging deficiency in service against advocates practicing the legal profession would not be maintainable under the CP Act, 2019," the court said," the court said.

The court observed that the very purpose and objective of the Consumer Protection Act 1986, as re-enacted in 2019, was to provide protection to consumers from unfair trade practices and unethical business practices, and the Legislature never intended to include either the Professions or the services rendered by professionals within the purview of the said Act.

"The legal profession is sui generis i.e. unique in nature and cannot be compared with any other Profession," the court said.

A service hired or availed of an Advocate is a service under "a contract of personal service," and therefore would fall within the exclusionary part of the definition of "Service" contained in Section 2 (42) of the CP Act 2019, the court remarked.

The top court set aside the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.

The top court was hearing a set of appeals emanating from the impugned order dated August 6, 2007 passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), Delhi in Revision Petition, in which the NCDRC has held, inter alia, that if there was any deficiency
in service rendered by the Advocates/Lawyers, a complaint under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, would be maintainable.

The court was dealing with a question of law pertaining to the legal profession as a whole that has fallen for consideration before this Court is - whether a complaint alleging "deficiency in service" against advocates practising Legal Profession, would be maintainable under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, as re-enacted in 2019? The court was dealing with issue whether a "Service" hired or availed of an Advocate would fall within the definition of "Service" contained in the CP Act, 1986-2019, so as to bring him within the purview of the said Act.

(ANI)

LSG and DC are in turmoil as they prepare for their final chance to breach the requirements to feature in the IPL playoffs. Both teams will be applying permutations and combinations to figure out their chances of featuring in the final four stages of the competition.

The Rishabh Pant-led DC are in sixth spot with 12 points and have just one game left in their group stage campaign. If they walk away with two points at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday, they will end the group stage with 14 points and the manner of their victory will affect their negative net run rate of 0.482.

LSG are in the seventh spot with 12 points and have two matches remaining in the group stage. If they can turn around their form and bounce back from two successive defeats with two consecutive victories, they will end the group stage with 16 points.

With 16 points, LSG could make the cut for the final four but their net run rate will play a crucial role in deciding their fate. If LSG makes it to the playoffs, it will mark the third consecutive season, which will see the LSG feature in the knockout stage of the cash-rich league.

"We will bowl first. It is because of how our team is placed and what will help our team. We are a young bowling attack and get them into the game early, we have experienced batters and they can take the pressure. It is pretty clear for us, that we have to win both games. In the last two games, we have not been up to the mark and have been blasted out of the game. The bowlers have to be brave, as a bowling unit you might fear using change ups but they have to do just back themselves. A couple of changes," Rahul said after winning the toss.

DC skipper Rishabh Pant said if they have won the toss he would have elected to bat first which they are doing eventually.

"We would have batted first. There are a lot of things going on (regarding qualification) but you can only focus on winning the game. If we had not lost too many wickets we would have won that game, but easier to say that from sitting out. That is a concern throughout the season but as a captain, you can ask the players to give their best and they are doing that. We have two changes - myself and Naib come in, Warner misses out," Pant said.

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul (wk/c), Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan.

Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Abishek Porel, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant (wk/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Gulbadin Naib, Rasikh Dar Salam, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed.

(ANI)

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The platform supports a broad array of AI models including popular large language models (LLM) such as Baichuan-7B, Llama 2 and Gemini Nano, the company said in a statement.

“The latest Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Mobile Platform provides a host of flagship level, specially selected capabilities, packed with the latest on-device AI experiences,” said Savi Soin, SVP and President of Qualcomm India.

POCO announced they be among the first smartphone brands in India to adopt the new Snapdragon chip on their new ‘F6’ device, launching later this month.

“The POCO F series which has become synonymous with performance and innovation has been pushing the boundaries of what's possible in a mid-range phone. F6 is set to redefine the industry as the first device in India featuring the powerful Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset,” said Himanshu Tandon, Country Head, POCO.

(IANS)

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