INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION v. V.P. SHANTHA AND ORS.

INDIANMEDICALASSN. v. V.P.SHANTHA[S.C.AGRAWAL,J.] 151

tion of the consumer disputes arising out of complaints relating to deficien- A cy in service rendered by medical practitioners and hospitals. In our opinion, no case is made out that the Act suffers from the vice of arbitrari- ness or unreasonableness so as to be violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution. There is, therefore, no merit in the Writ Petition and it has to be dismissed. B In the result Civil Appeals Nos. 688/93 and 689/93, and S.L.P. (Civil) Nos. 6885/92 and 6950/92 are dismissed. The State Commission will deal with the complaints in the light of this judgment. S.L.P. (Civil) Nos. 351/93 and 21348-21349/93 and Writ Petition (Civil) No. 16/94 are also dismissed. Civil Appeal No. 254/94 is allowed and the judgment of the National C Commission dated May 3, 1993 is set aside and O.P. No. 93/92 is remitted to the National Commission for consideration in the light of this judgment. Civil Appeals Nos. 4664-65/94 and Civil Appeals arising out of S.L.P. (Civil) Nos. 21755/94 and 18445-73/94 are allowed and the judgment of the Madras High Court dated February 17, 1994 is set aside and the writ petitions disposed of by the said judgment of the High Court are dismissed and as a result the Consumer Disputes Redressal Agencies would deal with the complaint petitions covered by those writ petitions in the light of this judgment. Civil Appeal arising out of S.L.P. (Civil) No. 18497/93 is also allowed and Complaint Case No. 1 of 1988 is remitted to the State Commission for consideration in the light of this judgment. No order as to costs.

G.N. Appeal allowed.