Pls clarify non compliance of consumer court orders whether proceedings for contempt can be initiated in high court
R Muralidharan (Accounts Consultant) 03 April 2013
Pls clarify non compliance of consumer court orders whether proceedings for contempt can be initiated in high court
Adv Archana Deshmukh (Practicing Advocate) 03 April 2013
No. If the order of the consumer forum is not complied with, the complainant has the option to file an execution petition in the forum to get it enforced.
Advocate Bhartesh goyal (advocate) 03 April 2013
Consumer Protection Act, 1986
25. Enforcement of Orders by the Forum, the State Commission or the National Commission
Every order made by the District Forum, the State Commission or the National Commission may be enforced by the District Forum, the State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be, in the same manner as if it were a decree or order made by a court in a suit pending, therein and it shall be lawful for the District Forum, the State Commission or the National Commission to send, in the event of its inability to execute it, such order to the court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction, -
(a) in the case of an order against a company, the registered office of the company is situated, or
(b) in the case of an order against any other person, the place where the person concerned voluntarily resides or carries on business or personally works for galn, is situated, and thereupon, the court to which the order is so sent, shall execute the orders as if it were a decree or order sent to it for execution.