HON’BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE G.V.SEETHAPATHY WRIT PETITION No. 17439 of 1995 Between: Smt Meeesa vvARALAKSHMI …Petitioner AND Union of India, represented by Secretary, Law Department, New Delhi and others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: None Counsel for Respondents: Sri A.Rajashekar Reddy, Asst. Solicitor General Dated: 14-9-2006 ORDER: Per G.S.Singhvi, CJ In this petition, the petitioner has prayed for striking down Section 27 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (for short ‘the 1986 Act’). At the hearing, Sri A.Rajashekar Reddy invited our attention to the judgment of the Full Bench of this Court in C.V.Ratnam v. Union of India[1] in which the constitutionality of Section 27 of 1986 Act was upheld. He has also invited our attention to the judgment of the Supreme Court in State of Karnataka v. Vishwabharathi House Building Coop. Society[2], wherein the constitutionality of various provisions of the 1986 Act including Section 27 has been upheld. In view of the aforementioned judgments, the writ petition is dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of the main writ petition, W.P.M.P.Nos.35702, 33782 and 17649 of 1995 are also dismissed. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ 14th September, 2006 G.V.SEETHAPATHY, J GRR [1] 2001 (6) ALD 35 (FB) [2] (2003) 2 SCC 412