J.M. Malik, Presiding Member—The key question in this case is, “Whether, M/s. Nav Bharat Press (Raipur), is a ‘consumer’, in accordance with Section 2(1)(d)(i)?”.

2. The case of M/s. Nav Bharat Press, the complainant, is that it is a registered partnership firm, under the provisions of Indian Partnership Act, and mainly deals in publication of Newspapers, with its Publishing Centres at Raipur, Bilaspur, Raigarh, Durg, Bhubaneswar, in the States of Chhattisgarh and Odisha. The complainant has its publishing Centres in the States of Chhattisgarh and Odisha. It has its Corporate Office at Nagpur and various of its staff members, representatives, correspondents and other people are required to attend the Nagpur Office, on regular basis.

3. The complainant came through a widely circulated advertisement from M/s. Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd, the opposite party, which advertised construction of Sahara City, near Nagpur on NH-7. The advertisement also described the Scheme of Sahara City,

M/s.Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd., as to what kind of facilities and amenities they were to provide.

4. The complainant booked an independent Bungalow bearing No.V5/391, which a