1998 (1) TMI 536

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.... served and has put in an appearance and filed a counter. It was not represented when the SLP had been called out on an earlier date, when it was adjourned due to its absence. It is not represented today, even after the SLP has been passed over once. 3. The order that is under appeal was passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. It says: "In our opinion, Section 230 of t....

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....when the action arose out of or in relation to the enforcement of a contract. 4. We are not a little surprised to read that the Contract Act does not apply to complaints filed under the Consumer Protection Act. The Contract Act applies to all the litigants before the Commission under the Consumer Protection Act included. Whether in proceedings before the Commission or otherwise, an agent is ent....