Commercial Purpose - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition commercial-purpose

Definition :

Commercial purpose, 'Commercial' denotes 'pertaining to commerce'; it means 'connected with, or engaged in commerce; mercantile; having profit as the main aim' whereas the word 'commerce' means 'financial transactions especially buying and selling of merchandise, on a large scale', Laxmi Engineering Works v. P.S.G. Industrial Institute, (1995) 3 SCC 583: AIR 1995 SC 1428 (1435). [Consumer Protection Act (68 of 1986), s. 2(d)]

Means a hydrocarbon mixture consisting predominantly of propane, propylene or any mixture of them, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 20, para 669, p. 535.

Observation of the National Commission that commercial purpose would mean 'profit-making activity on a large scale', Kalpavruksha Charitable Trust v. Toshniwal Brothers (Bombay) Pvt. Ltd., (2000) 1 SCC 512.