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

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

I.A.No. 11,15 in

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No(s).6928/1999 ((From the judgment and order dated 8.10.1998 in CMWP No. 968/1997 of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad)

STATE OF U.P. & ORS Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

JEET S. BISHT & ANR. Respondent(s)

(for taking affidavit on record and directions, W.P.(C) No. 548/2003 directed to be treated as I.A. In

SLP(C) No.6928/1999 and W.P.(C) No. 164/2002 and intervention and directions)

(Along with the record of SLP(C) No. 4135/2002 and W.P.(C) No. 164/2002)

WITH W.P(C) NO. 164 of 2002 in

Re: The Impementation & the working of Consumer Protection Act, 1986)

(With appln(s) for directions and to take on record addl. Documents and permission to file add l.

Documents and amendment of writ petition and exemption from filing O.T.)

(For directions)

Date: 20/04/2006 This Petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.B. SINHA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE P.P. NAOLEKAR

For Applicant(s)/	Dr. R.G.Padia, Sr. Adv.
Petitioner(s)/	Mr. Pradeep Misra, Adv.
Respondent(s)	Mr. R.K.S. Yadav, Adv.

Mr. Ashok K. Srivastava,Adv.

Mr. N.S. Bisht ,Adv

State of Uttaranchal Ms. Rachana Srivastava, Addl. Adv. Genl.

Mrs.Shobha Dixit, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sandhya Goswami,Adv. Mr. Arun K. Sinha ,Adv Mrs Anil Katiyar ,Adv Mr. Anis Suhrawardy ,Adv(NP) Ms. C.K. Sucharita ,Adv(NP)

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State of Gujarat Ms. Hemantika Wahi ,Adv

Ms.Sadhana Sandhu, Adv.

Mr.V.Sudeer, Adv. Mr. MBRS. Raju, Adv. Mr. S.Sachin, Adv.

Ms. S. Sunita,Adv.

Mr. S. Srinivasan ,Adv

Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee ,Adv

Mr. Ravindra Kumar ,Adv

Mr. B.V. Balaram Das ,Adv

Mr. Satish Viz, Adv.

Mr. Riku Sarma, Adv.

M/S Corporate Law Group ,Adv

Ms. Kavita Wadia ,Adv(NP)

Ms.Suparana Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Pooja Matlani, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Srivastava ,Adv Mr. Pallav Shishodia, Adv.

State of Rajasthan Mr.Aruneshwar Gupta, Addl.Adv. Genl Mr. Naveen Kumar , Adv. U.T.Chandigarh Ms. Kamini Jaiswal, Adv. State of M.P. Mr. N.M. Ghatate, Sr. Adv. Mr.C.D.Singh , Adv. Mr.Dhrupad Kashyap, Adv. Ms. Kiran Suvarna, Adv. State of Chhattisgarh Ms. Suparna Srivastava, Adv. Ms. Pooja Matlani, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Srivastava, Adv. State of H.P. Mr.J.S. Attri,Addl. Adv. Genl State of Haryana Mr.Ajay Siwach, Adv. Mr. Manjit Singh, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Dahiya, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Adv. Mr. T.V. George, Adv. -3- Govt. of Pondicherry Mr.V.G. Pragasam, Adv. State of Kerala Mr. K.R.Sasiprabhu, Adv. Mr.Ashish Verma, Adv. State of A.P. Mrs.D. Bharathi Reddy, Adv. State of Nagaland Mr. U. Hazarika, Adv.

Mr. Satya Mitra, Adv. Ms.Sumita Hazarika, Adv.

• State of Jharkhand Ms. Pinky Anand, Adv. Mr. D.N. Goburdhun, Adv.
• State of Punjab Mr.Kuldip Singh, Adv. Mr.R.K. Panday, Adv.

State of Tripura Mr.Gopal Singh, Adv. Mr. Rituraj Biswas, Adv. State of Bihar Mr. Gopal Singh , Adv. State of Maharashtra Mr. S. S. Shinde, Adv. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Adv. State of West Bengal Mr. T.C. Sharma, Adv. Ms. Neelam Sharma, Adv. State of Meghalaya Mr. Ranjan Mukherjee, Adv. For Arunachal Pradesh Mr.Anil Srivastava, Adv. State of Orissa Mr. Janaranjan Das, Adv. Mr.Swetaketu Mishra, Adv. State of Mizoram Mr. K.N. Madhusoodhanan, Adv. Mr. R.Sathish, Adv. For NCDRC Bar Assn. Mr. M.N. Krishnamani, Sr. Adv. Mr.S.K.Sharma, Adv. Mr.Ranji Thomas, Adv. Mr. V.N. Raghupathy, Adv. For NCT Delhi Mr.Ashok Bhan, Adv. Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, Adv. Mrs.Anil Katiyar, Adv. For M/O Agriculture Mr. A.Sharan,ASG

Mrs. Kiran Bhardwaj, Adv.

Mr.V.K. Verma, Adv.

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Mr.Ashok Bhan, Adv. Ms. Kiran Bhardwaj, Adv. Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, adv. Mr.B.V.Balram Das, Adv. Ms.Sunita Sharma, Adv.

Mr. D.S. Mahara, Adv.

State of Manipur Mr. Kh.Nobin Singh , Adv. State of Goa Ms. A.Subhashini, Adv. State of Sikkim Mr. A. Mariarputham, Adv. Mr.Aruna Mathur, Adv.

M/s Arputham, Aruna & Co.

State of Tamil Nadu Mr. Subramonium Prasad, Adv.

Mr. Rohen Singh, Adv.

State of Karnataka Mr.Anil K. Mishra, adv.

Mr. Sanjan Hegde, Adv.

Mr. Rajeev Sharma, Adv.(NP)

Mr. Sanjay R.Hegde, Adv.(NP)

Mr.Javed Mahmud Rao, Adv.(NP)

Mr. Prakash Shrivastava, Adv.(NP)

Mr.Radha Shyam Jena, Adv.(NP)

Mrs.Revathy Raghavan, Adv.(NP)

Mr. T. Mahipal, Adv.(NP)

Mr. Pramod Dayal, Adv.(NP)

Mr.T.V. Ratnam, Adv.(NP)

Mr.Ashok Mathur, Adv.(NP)

UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following

Having heard learned counsel for the parties, we are of the opinion that w.e.f. 1-4-2006 the

remuneration and other perks of the Members of the

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National Commission should be as under:

(1) A sum of Rs. 23,000/- per month would be paid to the Members by way of honorarium. Howev er, it

would be open to any of the Member to give an option to get his remuneration paid at the last pay

drawn, if he is a Retd. High Court Judge and a Retd.Secretary to the Gover nment of India, upon

deduction of pension.

(2) A sum of Rs. 8,000/- per month shall be paid by way of House Rent Allowance, if the Member is not

provided with any government accommodation.

(3) Conveyance allowance shall be paid at the rate of Rs. 10,000/- per month, if no Chauffeur driven

government vehicle is provided in which event 150 litres of petrol s hall be supplied or the price

therefor shall be paid.

(4) The Members shall be entitled to 1000 free calls including STD and ISD for the telephone i nstalled at

his residence.

The Members shall be entitled to casual leave for 15 days per year.

The Lady Members who may be appointed as a Member of the Nat ional Commission and

who have not held any office of profit earlier may be appointed on the pay scale of Rs. 240 50-26,000/-

p.m.; all other benefits remaining the same.

On a query being made, learned Additional Solicitor General s tates that he shall seek

instructions as to why the posts of Additional Members are not being filled up.

So far as fixing of the remuneration of the Members of th e State Commission as also the

President and other Members of the District Fora are concerned, let the matter appear two week s hence.

By that time, those States who have not responded to the notice must file their affidavits.

(Meenu Sethi) (Pushap Lata B

hardwaj)

Court Master Court Maste

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