{"id":235380,"date":"2020-09-05T14:04:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T08:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=235380"},"modified":"2020-09-07T08:47:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T03:17:24","slug":"ncdrc-to-determine-pecuniary-jurisdiction-of-district-commission-state-commission-or-national-commission-which-value-of-goods-or-services-has-to-be-considered-commission-elaborates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/05\/ncdrc-to-determine-pecuniary-jurisdiction-of-district-commission-state-commission-or-national-commission-which-value-of-goods-or-services-has-to-be-considered-commission-elaborates\/","title":{"rendered":"NCDRC | To determine pecuniary jurisdiction of District, State or National Commission which value of goods or services has to be considered? 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OP-1 repudiated the claim of the Complainant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Maintainability of the present complaint<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the present case a preliminary point arises as to how this Consumer Complaint is maintainable before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">because the value of the consideration paid in the present case i.e. premium paid for taking the Insurance Policies was only Rs 3,20,525 and Rs 1,23,037 the total of which comes to Rs 4,43,562 (Rupees Four Lac forty three thousand five hundred and sixty two only), which is less than the consideration paid of more than Rs 10,00,00,000 (Rupees Ten crores) as provided under Section 58 (1) (a) (i) of the Act of 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 4\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Parliament, while enacting the Act of 2019 was conscious of this fact and to ensure that Consumer should approach the appropriate Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission whether it is District, State or National only the value of the consideration paid should be taken into consideration while determining the pecuniary jurisdiction and not value of the goods or services and compensation, and that is why a specific provision has been made in Sections 34 (1), 47 (1) (a) (i) and 58 (1) (a) (i) providing for the pecuniary jurisdiction of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and the National Commission respectively.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hence, the bench stated that <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Sections 34 (1), 47 (1) (a) (i) and 58 (1) (a) (i) of the Act of 2019 make it clear that for detrmining the pecuniary jurisdiction of the District Commission, State Commission or National Commission the value of goods or services paid as consideration alone has to be taken and not the value of the goods or services purchased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, we are of the view that the provision of Section 58 (1)(a)(i) of the Act 2019 are very clear and does not call for any two interpretations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 5\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the value of consideration paid by the Complainant is only Rs 4,43,562 (Rupees four lac forty three thousand five hundred and sixty two only), which is not above Rs 10,00,00,000 (Rupees Ten crore), the National Commission has no jurisdiction to entertain the present Consumer Complaint. 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Jain (Presiding Member) while addressing the present matter observed that, A negligent act such as driving a motor cycle without taking the orientation desired by its owner can never be equated with an intentional self-injury if driving the vehicle result in an accident.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Case Briefs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NCDRC_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NCDRC_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NCDRC_.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NCDRC_.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/NCDRC_.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":82351,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2016\/10\/27\/class-action-suits-held-maintainable-under-consumer-protection-act-1986\/","url_meta":{"origin":235380,"position":3},"title":"\u201cClass action suits\u201d held maintainable under Consumer Protection Act, 1986","author":"Saba","date":"October 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission:\u00a0NCDRC has held that under Section 12(1)(c) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 a group of consumers having a common interest or a common grievance seeking same relief against the same person can file the \u201cclass action suit\u201d. 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