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2021 Supreme(SC) 1239

SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, HRISHIKESH ROY
In RE: Inaction of the Governments in appointing President and Members/Staff of Districts and State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and inadequate infrastructure across India – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. (AC) Mr. Aditya Narain, Adv. (AC) Mr. Arnav Narain, AOR Ms. Anushree Narain, Adv. Mr. Arjun Jain, Adv. Mr. Mishra Raj Shekhar, Adv. Mr. Omprakash Ajitsingh Parihar, AOR, Mr. Apruv S., Adv., Mr. Dushyant Tiwari, Adv., Mr. Yudhvir Dalal, Adv., Ms. Prerna Priyadarshini, AOR
For the Respondent: Mr. K. K. Venugopal, AG, Mr. Tushar Mehta, SGI, Mr. Aman Lekhi, Ld. ASG, Ms. Neela Kedar Gokhale, Adv., Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv., Mr. B.K. Satija, Adv., Ms. Shradha Deshmukh, Adv., Mr. Chinmayee Chandra, Adv., Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR, Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR, Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR, Mr. S.R. Singh, Sr. Adv., Mr. Ankur Prakash, AOR, Mr. Amit Kumar Yadav, Adv., Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv., Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR, Mr. Aaditya A. Pande, Adv., Mr. Geo Joseph, Adv., Mr. Gurinder Singh Gill, Sr. Adv., Mr. P. P. Nayak, Adv., Mr. Kuldeep Singh Kuchalia, Adv., Ms. Aashna Gill, Adv., Mr. Pratap Singh Gill, Adv., Ms. Bhupinder, Adv., Ms. Vandana Hooda, Adv., Mr. Ajay Pal, AOR, Mr. Anil Grover, Sr. AAG, Haryana, Ms. Noopur Singhal, Adv., Mr. Rahul Khurana, Adv., Mr. Satish Kumar, Adv., Mr. Sanjay Kumar Visen, AOR, Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR, Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv., Mr. Shaik Mohamad Haneef, Adv., Mr. T. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv., Mr. Amitabh Sinha, Adv., Mr. K.V. Girish Chowdary, Adv., Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR, Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv., Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv., Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR, Mr. Harpreet Singh Gupta, Adv., Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR, Mr. S.C. Verma, Adv. Gen., Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR, Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, Adv., Mr. Arjun Nanda, Adv., Ms. Simran Agarwal, Adv., Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR, Ms. Sakshi Tibrewal, Adv., Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR, Ms. Vishaka, Adv., Mr. Vikas Mahajan, Sr. Adv./AAG, Mr. Vivek Mahajan, Adv., Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv., Mr. Arun Singh, Adv., Mr. Vinod Sharma, AOR, Mr. Surinder Singh Manak, Adv., Mr. Arunabh Chowdhury, AAG, Ms. Pragya Bahgel, Adv., Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR, Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR, Mr. Ashish Yadav, Adv., Mr. Rakshit Jain, Adv., Mr. Vishal Banshal, Adv., Mr. G. Prakash, AOR, Mr. Jishnu M.L., Adv., Ms. Priyanka Prakash, Adv., Ms. Beena Prakash, Adv., Mr. Mrinal Gopal Elker, AOR, Ms. Taruna Ardhendumauli Prasad, AOR, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, AOR, Ms. Anupama Ngangom, Adv., Mr. Karun Sharma, Adv., Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR, Mr. K.V. Kharlyngdoh, Adv., Ms. Rekha Bakshi, Adv., Mr. T.K. Nayak, Adv., Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv., Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv., Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv., Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR, Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, AOR, Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv., Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv., Mr. Kiran Kumar Patra, AOR, Mr. Atul Nanda, Adv.G., Ms. Ranjeeta Rohatgi, AOR, Ms. Uttara Babbar, AOR, Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv., Mr. Nishanth Patil, AOR, Mr. Vidit Monga, Adv., Ms. Shubhika Saluja, Adv., Mr. Vivek Kolhi, Adv. Gen., Sikkim, Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR, Mr. D. Kumanan, AOR, Mr. P. Venkat Reddy, Adv., Mr. Prashant Tyagi, Adv., Mr. P. Srinivas Reddy, Adv., M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR, Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR, Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv., Mr. Jatinder Kumar Sethi,D.AAG, Mr. Rajeev Kumar Dubey, Adv., Mr. Ashiwan Mishra, Adv., Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, AOR, Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR, Ms. Palak Mahajan, Adv., Mr. Ankit Roy, Adv., Ms. Ragini Pandey, Adv., Mr. Suhaan Mukerji, Adv., Mr. Vishal Prasad, Adv., Mr. Nikhil Parikshith, Adv., Mr. Abhishek Manchanda, Adv., Mr. Sayandeep Pahari, Adv., For M/S. PLR Chambers And Co., AOR, Mr. K.V. Jagdishvaran, Adv., Ms. G. Indira, AOR, Mr. M.K. Mondal, Adv., Mr. Gandeepan, Adv., Mr. Aravindh S., AOR, Mr. A. Lakshminarayanan, Adv., Mr. Suyash Srivastava, Adv., Mr. Prashant Shukla, Adv., Mr. Prakhar Srivastava, Adv., Mr. Gunjeet Singh, Adv., Mr. Piyush Dwivedi, AOR, Ms. Shirin Khajuria, AOR, Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AAG, Mr. Gopal Jha, AOR, Mr. Shreyash Bhardwaj, Adv., Mr. Nishant Verma, Adv., Mr. Harpreet Singh Gupta, Adv., Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR, Mr. Aravindh Selvaraj, AOR

Table of Content
1. consumer empowerment and infrastructure inadequacy (Para 1)
2. emphasis on timely state inputs (Para 2)
3. states directed to notify rules under the act (Para 3)
4. constitution of selection committees mandated (Para 4)
5. filling vacancies mandated within a time frame (Para 5)
6. legislative mandate on commission composition (Para 6)
7. last minute filings resented; urgency for clear updates (Para 7)
8. response format requirement from states (Para 8)
9. partial compliance with information submission noted (Para 9)
10. accountability for non-compliance stressed (Para 10)
11. union territories' obligation to respond highlighted (Para 11)
12. future directions expected for compliance (Para 12)

JUDGMENT :

    “II. Status of vacancies in State Commissions
    II. Status of vacancies in District Commissions

2. We have endeavoured to hear different States and have emphasized that the States should give their inputs in time so that a picture up to date is presented before us by the learned Amicus Curiae and last minute filing of the affidavits by the States is not acceptable.

    1) Some of the States have not notified the rules under Section 44 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. List of th

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