A Supreme Court bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Hrishikesh Roy ordered all vacancies in the National and State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commissions to be filled within a maximum period of eight weeks.
- The apex court on August 11, 2021 directed the centre, states and union territories to advertise open positions within two weeks and set up selection committees within four weeks so that the process is completed in eight weeks.
- The court also ordered the union government to conduct a legislative impact study of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 within four weeks.
- The Consumer Protection Act,2019 comes in to force from July 20, 2020. It has replaced Consumer Protection Act, 1986.
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)
- The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), India is a quasi-judicial commission in India which was set up in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act of 1986.
- Its head office is in New Delhi. The commission is headed by a sitting or retired judge of the Supreme Court of India.
- The commission is presently headed by Justice R K Agrawal, former judge of the Supreme Court of India.
- Section 21 of Consumer Protection Act, 1986 posits that the National Consumer shall have jurisdiction:- to entertain a complaint valued more than one crore and also have Appellate and Revisional jurisdiction from the orders of State Commissions or the District fora as the case may be.
- Section 23 of Consumer Protection Act, 1986, provides that any person aggrieved by an order of NCDRC, may prefer an Appeal against such order to Supreme Court of India within a period of 30 days.
