JUDGMENT

Dalveer Bhandari, J. —

1.This appeal is directed against the judgment dated 29.9.2000 passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi (for short ‘the Commission’) in Original Petition No. 168 of 1994.

2.Eleven complaints were filed before the Commission against the appellant herein, viz. Buddhist Mission Dental College and Hospital through its Secretary Shri R.A. Vatsayayan.

3.The appellant published an advertisement in the Hindustan Times, an English national daily, on 25.7.1993 inviting applications for admission in the Degree Course of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (for short, BDS). In the said advertisement, it was specifically highlighted that the appellant college is a premier dental college of Bihar established and managed by the Vishwa Buddha Parishad under Article 30 of the Constitution of India. It was also mentioned right under the name of the appellant’s college that the said institution is “The Buddhist Mission Dental College and Hospital” under Magadh University, Bodh Gaya and Dental Council of India, New Delhi, Siddharth Nagar, New Bailey Road, Patna. The said advertisement is reproduced as under:

“THE BUDDHIST MISSION DENTAL COLLEGE & HOSPI