ORDER

IA/3361&3362/2024

A.P. Sahi, President.—This IA/3362/2024 has been moved by the Opposite Party seeking dismissal of the Complainant on the ground that the Complainants are not consumers, and the complaint is time barred and therefore the complaint deserves to be dismissed. However, the main thrust of the argument is that the Complainants have purchased their respective multiple commercial units which are exclusively for commercial purposes without any element of self-employment or for earning their livelihood or occupation. The acquisitions are pure investments for profit generation. In fact all the Complainants have leased out their respective units and are enjoying rental income and therefore the details, the evidence of the lease deeds and other relevant documents demonstrate that the units have been purchased solely for commercial purpose and consequently all the Complainants do not qualify as consumers within the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. Learned Counsel urged that keeping in view the provisions of Section 2(6) and 2(7) read with Section 2(42), the purpose of the purchase of the units is clearly commercial with no element of exclusively earning live