The power of review and the powers which have not been expressly given by the statute cannot be exercised.

The District Forums and the State Commissions have not been given any power to set aside ex parte orders. District Forum … There is the word “or” between sub-clauses. The sections 10 to 15 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 deal with this forum. The Dharwad District Consumer Forum was established as per the government order dated 8/11/1991 and started working from 16/12/1991. 11. District Forum: District forum consists of a president and two other members. forum, mahaboobnagar reported in 2009 (4) ald 559 (db) opined that ? Dharwad District Consumer Forum’s Staff : forum, mahaboobnagar reported in 2009 (4) ald 559 (db) opined that ?

For instance if the complaint was about the price charged, the cause of action was in Bhatinda only. They are appointed by state government. 1. The Main Objective of this Forum is to protect the large body of consumers from exploitation and t o provide cheap, speedy and simple redressal to consumer disputes. District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum (DCDRF): A district level court works at the district level with cases where the compensation claimed is up to one crore. in dr. b. mohanlal naik vs. dist. ?under sec.11(2)(c) of the consumer protection act, 1986, the district consumer forum will have jurisdiction to entertain the complaint even if part of cause of action arises within its jurisdiction. Consumer Protection Act, 1986. State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC): If the value of the claim exceeds ` 20 lakhs but is within ` one crore.

As per the Act, the pecuniary Jurisdiction: For the District Consumer Forum, is a value of up to Rupees twenty lakhs, For the State Commission, is a value up to Rupees one crore, For the National Commission, is a value above Rupees one crore. ?under sec.11(2)(c) of the consumer protection act, 1986, the district consumer forum will have jurisdiction to entertain the complaint even if part of cause of action arises within its jurisdiction. Being aggrieved by the order of the state commission, the complainant has approached National Consumer Redressal Forum wherein the single member bench of this forum after noticing a variance in opinion expressed by the district and state consumer forum on the same subject, raised the issues on pecuniary jurisdiction and referred the same to a larger Bench vide its order dated 11.03.2016. The legislature chose to give the National Commission power … District Forum: Each District has a District Forum. The president can be a retired or working judge of District Court. The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, better known as District Forum is the first stage of courts at the bottom of the hierarchy of the consumer redressal courts. Against any order of the State Commission, the National Commission can be approached by the consumer. It is enough if any one of them is satisfied.

Process to file a complaint. If a consumer is not satisfied by the decision of a District Forum, the State Commission has the jurisdiction to hear the appeal against it.