Consumer Court

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Consumer Court

• The main function of the Consumer Court is to
  maintain fair practices by the sellers towards
  consumers. It is the special purpose court, which
  deals with cases regarding consumer disputes and
  grievances. This judiciary set ups by the
  government is to protect the consumer rights.We
  all can be a victim as every one of us is a
  consumer.

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• Consumer complaint can be filed for any product
  or service taken after paying to merchant,
  establishment, insurance company, credit card
  Company etc. There are District Forums, State and
  National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
  respectively to provide inexpensive and speedy
  redressal of consumer disputes .

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• There is no need of taking a lawyer instead you
  can be a lawyer of yourself. Only you need to a
  file case in nearby consumer court. You can file
  it in your local language. Consumer court fee is
  hundred rupees, working hours of the court is
  10AM to 5PM. First hearing will be after 1 month
  of submitting the complaint. Generally it is
  settled within 2-3 hearings. Subsequent hearing
  may be at different locations but will be in the
  same city.
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