Act Number: 68

Act Name: The Consumer Protection Act, 1986

Year: 1986

Enactment Date: 1986-12-24

Long Title: An Act to provide for the better protection of the interests of consumers and for that purpose to make provision for the establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumers disputes and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Department: Department of Consumer Affairs

Section 24B: Administrative control.
    1[24B. Administrative control.-- (1) The National Commission shall have administrative control over all the State Commissions in the following matters, namely:--
             (i) calling for periodical returns regarding the institution, disposal, pendency of cases;
             (ii) issuance of instructions regarding adoption of uniform procedure in the hearing of matters, prior service of copies of documents produced by one party to the opposite parties, furnishing of English translation of judgments written in any language, speedy grant of copies of documents;
             (iii) generally overseeing the functioning of the State Commissions or the District Fora to ensure that the objects and purposes of the Act are best served without in any way interfering with their quasi-judicial freedom.
     (2) The State Commission shall have administrative control over all the District Fora within its jurisdiction in all matters referred to in sub-section (1).]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 50 of 1993, s. 19 (w.e.f. 18-6-1993).
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