https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=107962 The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 provides an additional remedy, so an arbitration or statutory reference mechanism under the Chit Fund Act, 1982 does not by itself bar consumer fora from entertaining a chit fund complaint. The consumer forum was treated as a quasi-judicial body, not a civil court, and the exclusion of civil court jurisdiction under the Chit Fund Act did not displace consumer jurisdiction. The amount payable to a subscriber under the chit could not be adjusted against a loan allegedly due from his father, because the complainant's admitted entitlement could not be withheld on account of a third party's liability. The State Commission's order was affirmed and the revision was rejected. en-us Tue, 08 May 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:25:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=107962 The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 provides an additional remedy, so an arbitration or statutory reference mechanism under the Chit Fund Act, 1982 does not by itself bar consumer fora from entertaining a chit fund complaint. The consumer forum was treated as a quasi-judicial body, not a civil court, and the exclusion of civil court jurisdiction under the Chit Fund Act did not displace consumer jurisdiction. The amount payable to a subscriber under the chit could not be adjusted against a loan allegedly due from his father, because the complainant's admitted entitlement could not be withheld on account of a third party's liability. The State Commission's order was affirmed and the revision was rejected. Case-Laws Companies Law Tue, 08 May 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=107962