Amit, a wholesale trader, buys 500 mobile phones worth sixty lakh rupees from a distributor for resale in his shop. A year later the phones develop defects and the distributor refuses to replace them. Under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, which of the following is correct?

The complaint fails because Amit is not a 'consumer' within the meaning of Section 2(7) of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. The definition of consumer expressly excludes a person who obtains goods for resale or for any commercial purpose, and Amit bought the telephones wholesale for resale in his shop, so the complaint would be dismissed as not maintainable. The Act retains the commercial-purpose exclusion for goods, although the Explanation protects persons who buy goods exclusively for earning their livelihood by self-employment. Amit's remedy, if any, lies in a civil suit for breach of contract and not before the consumer fora. The value of sixty lakh rupees would matter for pecuniary jurisdiction only if the complaint were otherwise maintainable.