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Home Bare Acts Phrase: complaintConsumer Protection Act, 1986 Section 13
Title: Procedure on Admission of Complaint
State: Central
Year: 1986
.....the pendency of any proceedingbefore the District Forum, it appears to it necessary, it may pass such interimorder as is just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.] (4) For the purposes of this section, the DistrictForum shall have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under Code ofCivil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) while trying a suit in respect of thefollowing matters, namely:-- (i) the summoning and enforcing the attendance ofany defendant or witness and examining the witness on oath, (ii) the discovery and production of any documentor other material object producible as evidence, (iii) the reception of evidence on affidavits, (iv) the requisitioning of the report of theconcerned analysis or test from the appropriate laboratory or from any otherrelevant source, (v) issuing of any commission for the examinationof any witness, and (vi) any other matter which may be prescribed. (5) Every proceeding before the District Forumshall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193and 228 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), and the District Forum shall bedeemed to be a civil court for the purposes of section 195,.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionConsumer Protection Act, 1986 Section 12
Title: Manner in Which Complaint Shall Be Made
State: Central
Year: 1986
.....in force.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 50 of 1993, section 10, (w.r.e.f. 18-6-1993) and again Substituted by Act 62 of 2002, section 8, for section '12. Manner in which complaint shall be made.--A complaint in relation to any goods sold or delivered or agreed to be sold or delivered or any service provided or agreed to be provided may be filed with a District Forum by-- (a) the consumer to whom such goods are sold or delivered or agreed to be sold or delivered or such service provided or agreed to be provided; (b) any recognised consumer association whether the consumer to whom the goods sold or delivered or agreed to be sold or delivered or service provided or agreed to be provided is a member of such association or not ; (c) one or more consumers, where there are numerous consumers having the same interest, with the permission of the District Forum, on behalf of, or for the benefit of, all consumers so interested ; or (d) the Central or the State Government. Explanation. --For the purpose of this section, "recognised consumer association" means any voluntary consumer association registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or any other.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Chapter 15
Title: Complaints to Magistrates
State: Central
Year: 1973
.....Court of Session, he shall call upon the complainant to produce all hi s witnesses and examine them on oath. (3) If an investigation under sub-section (1) is made by a person not being a police officer, he shall have for that investigation all the powers conferred by this Code on an officer in charge of a police station except the power to arrest without warrant. _______________________________ 1. Inserted vide The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005 Section 203 - Dismissal of complaint If, after considering the statements on oath (if any) of the complainant and of the witnesses and the result of the inquiry or investigation (if any) under section 202, the Magistrate is of opinion that there is no sufficient ground for proceeding, he shall dismiss the complaint, and in every such case he shall briefly record his reasons for so doing.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionPetroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006 Section 25
Title: Filing of Complaints
State: Central
Year: 2006
.....the Board shall decide within thirty days whether there is a prima facie case against the entity or entities concerned and may either conduct enquiry on its own or refer the matter for investigation under this Chapter, to an Investigating Officer having jurisdiction; and, where the matter is referred to such Investigating Officer, on receipt of a report from such Investigating Officer, the Board may, hear and dispose of the complaint as a dispute if it falls under sub-section (2) of section 27 and in any other case, it may pass such orders and issue such directions as it deems fit. (4) Where the Central Government considers that a matter arising out of the provisions of this Act is required to be investigated, it shall make a reference to the Board and the provisions of this Act shall apply as if such reference were a complaint made to the Board.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionLokayukta Act, 1984 Section 9
Title: Provisions Relating to Complaints and Investigations
State: Karnataka
Year: 1984
.....or (c) other remedies are available to the complainant and in the circumstances of the case it would be more proper for the complainant to avail of such remedies. (6) In any case where the Lokayukta or an Upalokayukta decides not to entertain a complaint or to discontinue any investigation in respect of a complaint he shall record his reasons therefor and communicate the same to the complainant and the public servant concerned. (7) The conduct of an investigation 1 [under this Act against a public servant] in respect of any action shall not affect such action, or any power or duty of 1 [any other public servant] to take further action with respect to any matter subject to the investigation. _______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 31 of 1986 w.e.f. 16.6.1986.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionCompetition Act, 2002 Section 26
Title: Procedure for Inquiry on Complaints Under Section 19
State: Central
Year: 2002
.....in accordance with the provisions of this Act.]] _____________________________________________ 1. Substituted by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 39 of 2007]. Prior to omission it read as: "(1) On receipt of a complaint or a reference from the Central Government or a State Government or a statutory authority or on its own knowledge or information, under section 19, if the Commission is of the opinion that there exists a prima facie case, it shall direct the Director General to cause an investigation to be made into the matter. (2) The Director General shall, on receipt of direction under sub-section (1), submit a report on his findings within such period as may be specified by the Commission. (3) Where on receipt of a complaint under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 19, the Commission is of the opinion that there exists no prima facie case, it shall dismiss the complaint and may pass such orders as it deems fit, including imposition of costs, if necessary. (4) The Commission shall forward a copy of the report referred to in sub-section (2) to the parties concerned or to the Central Government or the State Government or the statutory.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionSexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, Section 6
Title: Constitution and Jurisdiction of Local Complaints Committee
State: Central
Year: 2013
(1) Every District Officer shall constitute in the district concerned, a committee to be known as the "Local Complaints Committee" to receive complaints of sexual harassment from establishments where the Internal Complaints Committee has not been constituted due to having less than ten workers or if the complaint is against the employer himself. (2) The District Officer shall designate one nodal officer in every block, taluka and tehsil in rural or tribal area and ward or municipality in the urban area, to receive complaints and forward the same to the concerned Local Complaints Committee within a period of seven days. (3) The jurisdiction of the Local Complaints Committee shall extend to the areas of the district where it is constituted.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionSexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, Section 9
Title: Complaint of Sexual Harassment
State: Central
Year: 2013
(1) Any aggrieved woman may make, in writing, a complaint of sexual harassment at workplace to the Internal Committee if so constituted, or the Local Committee, in case it is not so constituted, within a period of three months from the date of incident and in case of a series of incidents, within a period of three months from the date of last incident: Provided that where such complaint cannot be made in writing, the Presiding Officer or any Member of the Internal Committee or the Chairperson or any Member of the Local Committee, as the case may be, shall render all reasonable assistance to the woman for making the complaint in writing: Provided further that the Internal Committee or, as the case may be, the Local Committee may, for the reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the time limit not exceeding three months, if it is satisfied that the circumstances were such which prevented the woman from filing a complaint within the said period. (2) Where the aggrieved woman is unable to make a complaint on account of her physical or mental incapacity or death or otherwise, her legal heir or such other person as may be prescribed may make a complaint under this section.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionEqual Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976) Section 7
Title: Power of Appropriate Government to Appoint Authorities for Hearing and Deciding Claims and Complaints
State: Central
Year: 1976
.....Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf, and that authority may, after hearing the appeal, confirm, modify or reverse the order appealed against and no further appeal shall lie against the order made by such authority. (7) The authority referred to in sub-section (6) may, if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from preferring the appeal within the period specified in sub-section (6), allow the appeal to be preferred within a further period of thirty days but not thereafter. (8) The provisions of sub-section (1) of section 33C of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), shall apply for the recovery of monies due from an employer arising out of the decision of an authority appointed under this section.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionBeedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 Section 7A
Title: Inspector Not to Disclose the Source of Any Complaint, Etc.
State: Central
Year: 1966
1[7A. Inspector not to disclose the source of any complaint, etc. (1) No Inspector shall disclose the source of any complaint made to him regarding the contravention of any of the provisions of this Act. (2) No Inspector shall, while making an inspection under this Act in pursuance of a complaint received by him, disclose to the employer or contractor concerned or any of his representatives that the inspection is being made in pursuance of a complaint: Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to any case in which the person who has made the complaint has consented to disclose his name.] _______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 41 of 1993, sec. 3.
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