Fill all vacancies in State and district consumer disputes redressal commissions: HC

The Madras High Court on Friday directed the State authorities to take instant and expeditious steps to fill all vacancies in the posts of president and member of district-level consumer disputes redressal commissions.

Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy additionally directed the federal government to instantly difficulty the notification for the appointment of the president of the State consumer disputes redressal fee.

The interim orders had been handed on a public curiosity litigation petition filed by businessman Sunil Shete. His counsel Ajay Francis Inigo Loyola informed the court docket that the majority district commissions had been affected by an absence of quorum.

After listening to him, the judges wrote: “It is understandable that because of the [COVID-19] lockdown and the change in government in the past few months, appropriate measures may not have been taken. However, it is necessary, fit and proper that immediate steps are taken to fill all vacancies at the district commission level and also to appoint members of the State commission.”

Further, mentioning that the number of the president of the State fee had already been made by the suitable committee in accordance with the regulation, the Bench mentioned solely a authorities notification in that regard was awaited.

“Immediate steps should be taken since the nomination is unanimous regarding the appointment of the president,” the Bench mentioned and known as for a standing report inside three weeks on the filling of all vacancies.