https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162562 Section 3 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 provides an additional remedy and does not exclude other statutory remedies, so consumer fora can entertain complaints by members of a cooperative society despite the dispute-resolution mechanism under the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies Act, 1983. The Consumer Protection Act is beneficial legislation requiring broad, purposive construction, and its independent remedial scheme includes compensation for mental agony and suffering. The cooperative statute and its bar provision did not override that express jurisdiction, so the consumer complaints were maintainable and the District Forum had jurisdiction; the matter was remanded for decision on the remaining merits. en-us Thu, 11 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:18:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162562 Section 3 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 provides an additional remedy and does not exclude other statutory remedies, so consumer fora can entertain complaints by members of a cooperative society despite the dispute-resolution mechanism under the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies Act, 1983. The Consumer Protection Act is beneficial legislation requiring broad, purposive construction, and its independent remedial scheme includes compensation for mental agony and suffering. The cooperative statute and its bar provision did not override that express jurisdiction, so the consumer complaints were maintainable and the District Forum had jurisdiction; the matter was remanded for decision on the remaining merits. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 11 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162562