State Consumer Forum

Dear Mr. Joshua

Did you file your Complaint before the District Consumer Forum or the State Consumer Commission? If in the latter did you approach with your original Complaint or went on appeal against the Order of the District Forum?

Did you or your lawyer withdraw the case? If not what is the reason given in the Order for treating the Complaint as withdrawn?

Did you or your lawyer attend all the 4 hearings? Was notice sent to the Opposite Party for all the 4 hearings. It appears you are in Bangalore. In Mumbai the onus of collecting the notice from the Forum and sending it to the Opposite Party is on the Complainant.

If the Complainant or his representative does not attend the hearings the case is likely to be dismissed. If the Opposite Party doesn't attend and there is proof that notice was served on him the decision will be ex-parte. It is also possible the Complaint is dismissed on merits.

One can know this only if one sees the Order of the Forum.

MPS Ramani

when nature of grievience is civil commission may not admit. But the order of dismisal will give u an idea

I disagree with Mr Palukuru Satyanarayana. The Consumer Protection Act has its own rules and consumer cases do not go to civil courts. The case mentioned by Mr. Joshua comes under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

It is not possible to comment or advise without knowing the full details as mentioned by me earlier. Several cases between a consumer as the Builder has been settled by consumer courts.

MPS Ramani

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