What is the News?
The Supreme Court has given the Centre and the States eight weeks to fill the vacancies in the consumer disputes redressal commissions.
What is the issue?
- The court was hearing a suo motu case on inaction in appointing president and members/staff of Districts and State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and inadequate infrastructure across India.
- It highlighted that vacancies are hurting consumers by delaying the redressal of disputes. Hence, it has directed Central and State Governments to fill up the vacancies within 8 weeks.
- Moreover, the court has also asked the Central Government to conduct a comprehensive “legislative impact study” on the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
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About NCDRC:
- National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission(NCDRC) is a quasi-judicial commission that was set up in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act of 1986. Its head office is in New Delhi.
- The commission is headed by a sitting or retired judge of the Supreme Court of India.
About Legislative impact assessment:
Legislative impact assessment is an informed law-making process under which social, economic, environmental and institutional impacts of legislative proposals are made.
