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Consumer forum

Consumer forum, means a District forum, a consumer Disputes Redressal Commission establishment in a State under clause (b) of section 9 (hereafter called the State Commission) or the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission [Consumer Protection Regulations, 2005, R. 2(b)...

District Forum

District Forum, 'District Forum' means a Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum established under clause (a) of, s. 9. [Consumer Protection Act, 1968 (68 of 1986), s. 2(1)(h)]...

limited public forum

limited public forum : a public forum created by the government voluntarily for expressive activity that may be restricted as to subject matter or class of speaker called also limited forum limited open forum compare open forum, public forum NOTE: The restriction of a limited public forum must be able to withstand strict judicial scrutiny of its effect on First Amendment rights. ...

inconvenient forum

inconvenient forum : an inappropriate or oppressive forum (as one in a distant jurisdiction) for a legal action ;esp : one to which the doctrine of forum non conveniens is applicable ...

Forum

Forum, a Court; the Court to the jurisdiction of which a party is liable. Forum competens, a Court having jurisdiction over the suit; forum incompetens a Court not having such jurisdiction.1. A public place esp. one devoted to assembly or debate.2. A court or other judicial body; a place of jurisdiction, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 664....

Consumer

Consumer, 'consumer' would include 'any person who consumes electrical energy supplied by a person who generates electrical energy for his own consumption', Jiyajee Rao Cotton Mills Ltd. v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1963 SC 414: (1962) Supp 1 SCR 282.The definition of the word 'consumer' shows that it would include a person who consumes energy generated by himself. The proposition that in the matter of the levy of electricity tax the Court should differentiate between cases wherein the energy consumed has been generated by someone other than the consumer and those wherein such energy has been generated by the consumer himself cannot, therefore, be countenanced, State of Mysore v. West Coast Papers Mills Ltd., (1975) 3 SCC 448: AIR 1975 SC 5: (1975) 2 SCR 127.The word 'consumer' is a comprehensive expression. It extends from a person who buys any commodity to consume either as eatable or otherwise from a shop, business house, corporation, store, fair price shop to use of private or p...

forum

forum 1 : public forum 2 a : a judicial body or assembly : court [allowed the defendant in a state court action to choose the federal by removing the case "M. H. Redish"] b : the territorial jurisdiction of a court [due process requires defendant to have minimum level of contacts with before personal jurisdiction may be exercised "National Law Journal"] ...

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