Consumer Protection Act Vs Lawyers Consumer Protection Law provides protection against issues like fraud, non-delivery of services, low quality of work in terms of product and services. The Consumer Protection Act 1986 was enacted to provide a simple and quicker access to redressal of consumer grievances. Now that the whole question revolves around if there was a deficiency in rendering services promised, for which the Lawyer received consideration in the form of a fee, then can the lawyers be proceeded against under Consumer Protection Act, 1986. In its 2007 judgement the Commission held that advocates do come under the purview of the Consumer Protection Act and can be dragged to a consumer court by their clients for deficiency in-service. The judgement declared that the legal services rendered by a Lawyers would come within the ambit of Section 2(1)(o) of the Consumer Protection Act 1986 that defines “service”, making them liable und