Section Text
1 [(1)] Subject to the other provisions of this Act, theState Commission shall have jurisdiction--
(a) to entertain--
(i) complaints where the value of the goods orservices and compensation, if any, claimed 2 [exceeds rupees twentylakhs but does not exceed rupees one crore]; and
(ii) appeals against the orders of any DistrictForum within the State; and
(b)to call for the records and pass appropriate orders in any consumer disputewhich is pending before or has been decided by any District Forum within theState, where it appears to the State Commission that such District Forum hasexercised a jurisdiction not vested in it by law,- or has failed to exercise ajurisdiction so vested or has acted in exercise of its jurisdiction illegallyor with material irregularity.
3 [(2)A complaint shall be instituted in a State Commission within the limits ofwhose jurisdiction,--
(a)the opposite party or each of the opposite parties, where there are more thanone, at the time of the institution of the complaint, actually and voluntarilyresides or carries on business or has a branch office or personally works forgain; or
(b)any of the opposite parties, where there are more than one, at the time of theinstitution of the complaint, actually and voluntarily resides, or carries onbusiness or has a branch office or personally works for gain, provided that insuch case either the permission of the State Commission is given or theopposite parties who do not reside or carry on business or have a branch officeor personally works for gain, as the case may be, acquiesce in suchinstitution; or
(c)the cause of action, wholly or in part, arises.]
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1. Section 17 re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereofby Act 62 of 2002, section 13 (w.e.f. 15-3-2003).
2.Substituted by Act 62 of 2002, section 13, for"exceds rupees five lakhs but does not exceed rupees twenty lakhs"(w.e.f. 15-3-2003).
3.Inserted by Act 62 of 2002, section 13 (w.e.f. 15-3-2003).