Plea in SC for filling up vacancies in State, District Consumer Commissions ANI | Updated: Dec 29, 2020 22:04 IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking direction to authorities to fill vacant posts of president, members and staff in District Consumer Dispute Redressal Commissions (DCDRC) and State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions (SCDRC) across the country.
The petition filed by law student Saloni Gautam sought direction to the govermment to provide proper infrastructure and staff to the Consumer Commissions as soon as possible and file a detailed report regarding the same before the court.
The Supreme Court has been moved in a PIL challenging inaction of the government in failing to appoint President, Members and Staff before District Consumer Dispute Redressal Commissions and State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions across India.
The plea by petitioner-law student Saloni Gautam, through advocates Dushyant Tiwari, Om Prakash Parihar, avers that on 20.07.2020 the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 came into force and the 2019 Act also changed the pecuniary jurisdiction for the District, State and National Commissions, respectively. The pecuniary limit for the District Commission has been increased to up to Rs.1 Crore from up to Rs. 20 Lakhs; for State Commission it has been increased to up to Rs.10 Crores from up to Rs.1 Crore; and for National Commission the pecuniary jurisdiction has been increased to over and above Rs.10 Crores as against Rs.1 Crore in the 1986 Act. Therefore, the counsel for the Petitioner, on the instruction received from her sent an RTI dated 1
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