Consumer Protection Act Section 75 — Empanelment of mediators
CHAPTER V MEDIATION
Civil
Summary
Sub-section (1) states that for the purpose of mediation, the National Commission, State Commission, or District Commission, whichever is applicable, must prepare a panel of mediators. This panel is maintained by the consumer mediation cell attached to that Commission, and it is prepared based on the recommendation of a selection committee made up of the President and one member of that Commission.
Sub-section (2) says that the qualifications and experience needed to be empanelled as a mediator, the procedure for empanelment, the way in which empanelled mediators are trained, the fee payable to them, the terms and conditions of empanelment, the code of conduct they must follow, the grounds and manner for removing mediators or cancelling their empanelment, and other related matters will be specified by regulations.
Sub-section (3) states that the panel of mediators prepared under sub-section (1) remains valid for a period of five years. After that period, the empanelled mediators are eligible to be considered for re-empanelment for another term, subject to conditions that may be specified by regulations.
Official Text
(1) For the purpose of mediation, the National Commission or the State Commission or the District Commission, as the case may be, shall prepare a panel of the mediators to be maintained by the consumer mediation cell attached to it, on the recommendation of a selection committee consisting of the President and a member of that Commission.
(2) The qualifications and experience required for empanelment as mediator, the procedure for empanelment, the manner of training empanelled mediators, the fee payable to empanelled mediator, the terms and conditions for empanelment, the code of conduct for empanelled mediators, the grounds on which, and the manner in which, empanelled mediators shall be removed or empanelment shall be cancelled and other matters relating thereto, shall be such as may be specified by regulations.
(3) The panel of mediators prepared under sub-section (1) shall be valid for a period of five years, and the empanelled mediators shall be eligible to be considered for re-empanelment for another term, subject to such conditions as may be specified by regulations.