Consumer Forums Have Jurisdiction To Dismiss Complaints In Limine: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

7 March 2019 6:54 PM IST

“However, such jurisdiction to dismiss the complaint in limine has to be exercised by the Commission having regard to facts of each case, i.e., in appropriate case.”

The Supreme Court has observed that consumer forums have the jurisdiction to dismiss the complaint in limine and decline its admission without notice to the opposite party. The bench comprising Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, taking note of the amendment brought to Section 13 of the Consumer Protection Act, observed that such jurisdiction to dismiss...

Consumer Forums Have Jurisdiction To Dismiss Complaints In Limine: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

“However, such jurisdiction to dismiss the complaint in limine has to be exercised by the Commission having regard to facts of each case, i.e., in appropriate case.”

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