Jurisdiction of State Commission clarifies monetary thresholds and venue rules for consumer complaints and appeals. State Commission jurisdiction under the Consumer Protection Act includes specified-value consumer complaints, appeals from District Commissions, and power to call records and pass orders where District Commissions have exceeded, failed to exercise, or exercised jurisdiction with illegality or material irregularity. Benches, constituted by the President and presided over by the senior-most member, decide by majority; tied opinions are referred to the President who must give an opinion within one month. Complaints must be instituted in a State Commission territorially linked to the opposite party's residence, business, branch, voluntary residence with permission, cause of action, or the complainant's residence or workplace.
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Jurisdiction of State Commission clarifies monetary thresholds and venue rules for consumer complaints and appeals.
State Commission jurisdiction under the Consumer Protection Act includes specified-value consumer complaints, appeals from District Commissions, and power to call records and pass orders where District Commissions have exceeded, failed to exercise, or exercised jurisdiction with illegality or material irregularity. Benches, constituted by the President and presided over by the senior-most member, decide by majority; tied opinions are referred to the President who must give an opinion within one month. Complaints must be instituted in a State Commission territorially linked to the opposite party's residence, business, branch, voluntary residence with permission, cause of action, or the complainant's residence or workplace.
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