V. SASIDHARAN vs PETER & KARUNAKAR & ORS.

The Supreme Court held that a lawyer's office does not qualify as a 'commercial establishment' under Section 2(4) of the Act, which defines commercial establishments in various categories including offices, but excludes those that do not engage in trade or business. The Court clarified that the activities of lawyers do not fit the definitions provided, particularly as they do not render services to 'customers' in the commercial sense. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed, affirming the lower court's ruling that a lawyer's office is not a shop as defined under Section 2(15) of the Act.