Time allowed for appeals

Dear Manish,

As per the provisions of the Act, any person aggrieved by an order passed by the District Forum may prefer an appeal against such order to the State Commission within a period of 30 days from the date of order. The period of limitation for filing the appeal is to be computed from the date of communication of the order to the aggrieved party. Proviso to Section 15 of the Act provides that the State Commission may entertain an appeal even after the expiry of said period of 30 days if it is satisfied that there was sufficient cause for not filing the same within that period. The procedure for filing the statutory appeal against the orders of the District Forums to the State Commission has been laid down in Rule 8 of the Delhi Consumer Protection Rules, 1987.

The appeal percentage is 60-65 if you take on an average estimate. The State Commission may entertain an appeal even after the expiry of said period of 30 days if it is satisfied that there was sufficient cause for not filing the same within that period. 

Though an exclusive state consumer commission for the state of Telanagana is yet not established in Hyderabad, there is already an existing AP State Consumer Commission at Khairatabad, Hyderabad to hear appeals till a separate state consumer commission is established in Hyderabad.

For more clarification, contact me at 9618069453(Hyderabad)

B.Srikiran Advocate