"High Court Jurisdiction Over NCDRC Orders: Scope, Limitations, and Legal Precedents"
Apex Court Decision on Jurisdiction of High Court against the appellate/revisional order of the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission: critical analysis In M/S Universal Sompo General Insurance Co. Ltd versus Suresh Chander Jain and anr Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 5263 of 2023, (2023 INSC 649) decided on July 26, 2023, the Supreme Court categorically held that the order of the National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission (NCDRC) in its appellate and revisional jurisdiction are liable to be challenged before the Jurisdictional High Court under Article 226/ 227 of the Constitution of India. the appeal to the Supreme Court would lie only against the original jurisdiction. the court expresses view as under: " 38. in the aforesaid view of the matter, we have reached to the conclusion that we should not adjudicate this petition on merits. we must ask the petition herein to first go before the jurisdictional ...