About Rs 1,000 per case subject to a maximum of Rs 3,000 regardless of the number of connected cases will be paid to mediate in state commissions. In case of failed mediation, about Rs 500 and 1,000 per case will be paid to a mediator in district and state commissions, respectively. The fee will be paid from the interest accrued on the Consumer Welfare (Corpus) Fund, established with co-contribution from the State and the Department of Consumer Affairs.
The Consumer Welfare Fund Guidelines have been amended and now Section IV Purpose (m) of the updated guidelines includes reimbursement of legal expenses incurred by a complainant, or class of complainants in a consumer dispute, after its final adjudication. The amount of dispute, or the fee of the mediator as set by the President of…
Following the remarkable success of previous efforts of disposing pending consumer cases, the Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India, is now organizing a Round table conference on “How to effectively redress the grievances pertaining to
In a first, the Centre is set to discuss consumer grievances in the real estate sector with stakeholders and consumer commissions in Mumbai, the financial capital of India. The meeting is scheduled on April 18, which would be in the form of a round table on “How to effectively redress the grievances pertaining to the Real Estate Sector”. The discussions are being organised by