Delhi Court July 2012 Judgments

Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Amarjeet Singh and Another

Court: Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission SCDRC New Delhi

Barkat Ali Zaidi, President: 1. This appeal has been filed by appellant/OP in complaint case No.243/2011 pending before District Forum-II to set aside orders dated 03.01.2012 and 15.05.2012, by which the Forum ordered to proceed ex-parte against the OP, and rejected his application for setting aside ex-parte order, on the ground that they have no jurisdiction to pass any such order. 2. That is what brings the appellant in appeal before this Commission. 3. We have heard Mr. A.K. Soni, counsel for the appellant at the admission stage in this appeal. 4. It has been the consistent judicial policy, to adopt an attitude for lenience, in dealing with the such applications, because the purpose of law is fulfilled, only when both the parties are heard and the case is decided on merits. The appellant has said that his counsel Sh. A.K. Soni was lying ill and could not therefore appear before the District Forum on 03.01.2012 fixed before the Forum, and the proceedings were declared ex-parte agains...