Consumer Protection Act Section 69 — Limitation period

CHAPTER IV CONSUMER DISPUTER REDRESSAL COMMISSION

Civil

Summary

Sub-section (1) states that the District Commission, the State Commission, or the National Commission will not accept a complaint unless it is filed within two years from the date on which the cause of action has arisen.

Sub-section (2) states that, despite what is said in sub-section (1), a complaint may be accepted after the two-year period if the complainant convinces the relevant Commission that there was sufficient cause for not filing the complaint within that period. However, such a late complaint will only be accepted if the Commission records its reasons for condoning the delay.

Official Text

(1) The District Commission, the State Commission or the National Commission shall not admit a complaint unless it is filed within two years from the date on which the cause of action has arisen.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a complaint may be entertained after the period specified in sub-section (1), if the complainant satisfies the District Commission, the State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be, that he had sufficient cause for not filing the complaint within such period:

Provided that no such complaint shall be entertained unless the District Commission or the State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be, records its reasons for condoning such delay.