About National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)

About National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission: 

• It is a quasi-judicial commission set up in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act of 1986.
• Mandate: To provide inexpensive, speedy, and summary redressal of consumer disputes.
• It is headed by a sitting or a retired Judge of the SC or a sitting or a retired Chief Justice of a High Court.
• NCDRC shall have jurisdiction to entertain a complaint valued more than two crore and also have appellate and revisional jurisdiction from the orders of State Commissions or the District fora as the case may be.
• The provisions of this act cover ‘goods’ as well as ‘services’.
• Who Can File a Complaint: A complaint may be filed by the following:
  • A consumer
  • Any voluntary consumer association registered under the Companies Act 1956
  • The Central Government or any State Government
  • One or more consumers where there are numerous consumers.
• Appeal: Any person aggrieved by an order of NCDRC, may prefer an appeal against such an order to SC within a period of 30 days.

Q1: What is judicial review?

It is interpreted as the doctrine under which executive and legislative actions are examined by the judiciary. In India, the powers of judicial review are delegated under Article 226 and Article 227 of the Constitution for the High Courts and Article 32 and Article 136 for the Supreme Court.

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