[Civil Appeal No. 944 of 2016 @ Special Leave Petition (Civil) No.1633 of 2015]. The assail in the present appeal, by special leave, is to the judgement and order passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi (for short "the National Commission") in Revision Petition No. 258 of 2013 whereby the said Commission has approved the decision of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Hyderabad which had reversed the view of the District Consumer Forum that the complainant is a "consumer" within the definition under Section 2(1)(d) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (for brevity, "the Act") as the agreement of the appellant with the respondents was not a joint venture. The District Forum had arrived at the said decision on the basis of legal principles stated in Faqir Chand Gulati v. Uppal Agencies Pvt. Ltd. and Anr.
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