In Re:Imp & Wkg Of Con Protection Act, 86 vs. Uoi & Others

6 SLP(C)No. 6928 OF 1999 ITEM No.36 Court No. 2 SECTION XI A/N MATTER S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No.6928/1999 (From the judgement and order dated 08/10/1998 in CMWP 968/97 of The HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD) STATE OF U.P. & ORS Petitioner (s) VERSUS JEET S. BISHT & ANR. Respondent (s) ( With Appln(s). for exemption from filing O.T. and appln. for taking affidavit on record and intervention/impleadment and with prayer for interim relief ) Date : 26/11/2001 This Petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.N. KIRPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R.C. LAHOTI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K.G. BALAKRISHNAN For Petitioner (s) Mr. Anup Choudhary, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashok K. Srivastava,Adv. For Respondent (s) Ms. Shobha Dikshit, Sr. Adv. Mr. R P Mehrotra, Adv. Ms. Sandhya Goswami,Adv. Mr. M N Krishnamani, Sr. Adv. Mr. S K Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ranji Thomas, Adv. Ms. C.K. Sucharita,Adv. For UOI Mr. H N Salve, S.G. Mr. Siddharth Goswami, Adv. UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R ................L.......I.......T.......T.......T.......T.......T....J .SP2 After hearing learned counsel for the parties we direct the Union of India to file, within two weeks from today, a comprehensive scheme with regard to the ...2/-

structuring of Consumer Forums at all the three levels. The emphasis has to be with regard to service conditions, not only of the members of the District, State and the National Consumer Forums but also with regard to the staff in each of the said Forums. In formulating the scheme, the report of the Bagla Commission may be taken into consideration.

On the scheme being filed in Court, notices will then be issued to all the State Governments for their comments. The effort has to be to see that these Consumer Forums become effective institutions where the consumers can give vent to their grievances rather then their going to the courts of law.

List for further orders on 11th December, 2001.

(S.L. Goyal) (Kanchan Jain) Court Master AR-cum-PS