State Consumer Commission Cannot Set Aside Ex-Parte Order

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10/2019

State Consumer Commission Cannot Set Aside Ex-Parte Order

In Civil Appeal No. 8181/2019 (arising out of SLP(C) No. 9268/2017),
SAMARESH PRASAD CHOWDHURY vs UCO BANK & ORS., the Supreme Court referring to actual statutory provisions contained in the Act in question, as interpreted by this Court in a three-Judge Bench decision in Rajeev Hitendra Pathak vs. Achyut Kashinath Karekar, (2011) 9 SCC 541

has held that the District Consumer Forums and the State Commissions have no power to set aside ex-parte orders, the Supreme Court reiterated the legal position while allowing an appeal filed by Judicial Member of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, West Bengal.

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