https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104048 The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was upheld as a valid welfare law within Parliament's legislative competence, and consumer fora were recognised as supplementary quasi-judicial bodies intended to provide inexpensive and speedy redress, not to replace civil courts or constitutional courts. The challenge based on alleged unconstitutionality and parallel court structure was rejected. Section 25 was also upheld: it was construed as a legal fiction enabling enforcement of consumer forum orders as decrees, with execution routed through the civil court where direct execution by the forum was not possible. The provision was therefore treated as workable, subject to the execution method clarified by the Court. en-us Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:58:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104048 The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was upheld as a valid welfare law within Parliament's legislative competence, and consumer fora were recognised as supplementary quasi-judicial bodies intended to provide inexpensive and speedy redress, not to replace civil courts or constitutional courts. The challenge based on alleged unconstitutionality and parallel court structure was rejected. Section 25 was also upheld: it was construed as a legal fiction enabling enforcement of consumer forum orders as decrees, with execution routed through the civil court where direct execution by the forum was not possible. The provision was therefore treated as workable, subject to the execution method clarified by the Court. Case-Laws Companies Law Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=104048