SUPREME COURT POSTS PLEAS REGARDING VALIDITY OF CONSUMER PROTECTION RULES ON APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS NEXT WEEK FOR DISPOSAL

The Supreme Court in the case GaneshKumar Rajeshwarrao Selukar And Ors. v. Mahendra Bhaskar Limaye And Ors. observed and has ordered that it will hear a batch of an appeals against the Supreme Court against the judgment of the Bombay High Court, the Nagpur bench which struck down Rule 6(1) of the Consumer Protection Rules, 2020, next week.

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The court stated that Rule 6 talks about Qualification for Appointment, method of recruitment, procedure for appointment, term of office, resignation, and removal of the President and members of the State Commission and District Commission.

Therefore, the quashed Rule prescribed two members from the State bureaucracy and only one member from the judiciary on the Selection Committee that recommends the appointment of the President and member judges to the State Consumer Commission and the District Consumer Fora.

Before the Supreme Court, the petitioners raised two primary points.