State of Uttar Pradesh through Principal Secretary & Ors. vs All U.P. Consumer Protection Bar Association

Court

Supreme Court of India

Date

18 May 2018

Case No.

Civil Appeal No. 2740 of 2007

Bench

Dipak Misra, D.Y. Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra

Citation

[2018] 4 S.C.R. 503 : 2016 INSC 1047

Headnote

Consumer Protection Act, 1986:

ss.10(3), 16(2) and 30 – Paucity of Infrastructure in the Consumer Fora – As per direction of Supreme Court, Union of India framed Model Rules prescribing objective norms for implementing provisions of ss. 10(1)(b), 16(1)(b) and 20(1)(b) with regard to appointment of members respectively of District Fora, State Commissions and National Commission – State Governments agreed to adopt the Model Rules by framing appropriate rules in exercise of the rule making power u/s. 30 – Direction to State Governments to frame appropriate rules in exercise of rule-making power u/s. 30 in accordance with final Draft Model Rules – Directions to Union of India to consider requirement of National Commission for sanctioning additional posts and to consider request of National Commission to make additional space available – Status report regarding draft Consumer Protection (Amendment) Rules, 1987 (which have been referred to the Ministry of Finance for its concurrence) to be apprised to this Court and also compliance of other direction to be apprised to the Court – Matters adjourned – Consumer Protection Rules, 1987 – r.11.

The Judgment of the Court was delivered by INDU MALHOTRA, J. 1. The issue which arises for consideration in the present civil appeal and writ petition pertains to the paucity of infrastructure in the Consumer Fora all over the country. 2. This Court vide order dated 14th January, 2016 constituted a three-member committee presided over by Justice Arijit Pasayat [Retired] to examine various aspects as enumerated in the Order. The said committee was requested to forward its deliberations to the various State Governments. 3. By Order dated 21st November, 2016 this Court issued directions to the

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