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Section 21: Jurisdiction of the National Commission

The Consumer Protection Act, 1986State Act of Uttarakhand · Act 68 of 1986

Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the National Commission shall have jurisdiction—

(a) to entertain—

(i) complaints where the value of the goods or services and compensation, if any, claimed exceeds rupees one crore; and

(ii) appeals against the orders of any State Commission; and

(b) to call for the records and pass appropriate orders in any consumer dispute which is pending before or has been decided by any State Commission where it appears to the National Commission that such State Commission has exercised a jurisdiction not vested in it by law, or has failed to exercise a jurisdiction so vested, or has acted in the exercise of its jurisdiction illegally or with material irregularity.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Consumer Protection Act, 1986
Section21
Marginal noteJurisdiction of the National Commission
JurisdictionState of Uttarakhand
StatusIn force as published by the source
Judgments citing it33

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