Thiru Justice A. Raman, President—The complainant laid the complaint before the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, The Nilgiris stating that certain wrong news were published in the newspaper, Daily Thanthi and if such wrong news are published, it is likely to mislead the public especially when such news were published in leading newspapers as that of the opposite party and, therefore, in publishing such wrong information and news, the opposite party has committed acts of deficiency of service and unfair trade practice and, therefore, they are liable to be proceeded against for compensation.

2. It is needless for this Commission at this juncture to consider the nature, import and contents of the alleged wrong news or mis-information published by the opposite party. The lower Forum returned the complaint stating that the claim would fall within the jurisdiction of the State Commission. Therefore, the complainant has now represented the complaint before this Commission and has requested that the District Forum may be directed to take it on file and dispose it of on merits.

3. The lower Forum has overlooked the definition of ‘Service’ when it made the earlier returns. For