Court : Himachal Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission SCDRC Shimla
(Retd.) Surjit Singh, President (Oral) By this order, we are disposing of M.A. No.44/2012, moved by the respondents/opposite parties for review of the matter and passing suitable orders. 2. Factual background that needs to be noticed for the disposal of this application is like this. Hemant Sehgal and Gagan Kapoor, hereinafter referred to as complainants, filed a complaint, under Section 12 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, before this Commission seeking issuance of a direction to the applicants, hereinafter referred to as opposite parties, for replacement of the machinery purchased by them from the opposite parties or to refund the price of the said machinery, which was stated to be Rs.55,10,386/-. Opposite parties (applicants in M.A. No.44/2012) contested the complaint and one of the objections raised by them was that this Commission lacked territorial jurisdiction. This Commission, without touching the merits of the case, held that it lacked territorial jurisdiction and conseque...
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