Is higher judiciary hampering Delhi consumer court?
By Kanu Sarda. Delhi, India, 10:02 AM IST With three of its orders stayed by the Delhi High Court, the State Consumer Redressal Forum chief says the higher judiciary’s interference is harming the ‘interest of consumers’. ‘We at the state consumer court are working really hard to dispose of cases at a faster pace, but with the interference of the higher judiciary, things are not falling in place,’ Justice J.D. Kapoor, president of the redressal forum, told IANS. Kapoor is the man credited with empowering Delhi’s consumers. When he became the consumer forum president a few years ago, there were 11,000 cases pending with the body and now the figure has come down to 1,100. His strong remark comes after the high court first stayed the consumer forum’s order of a Rs.5 million fine on mobile service provider Airtel and later vacated the stay. ‘I don’t know what made them stay our order first and then vacate it. This is not fair and expected out of responsible judiciary,’ said Kapoor. The stat
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