Leave granted.
Heard learned counsel for the parties.
The State Consumer Disputes Redressal commission, Delhi [for short,
“State Commission”] summarily dismissed two complainants filed by the respondent
by separate orders without even issuing notices to the respondent before it (appellant
herein). By the impugned orders, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal
Commission [for short, the Commission'] allowed the appeals on merits and directed
the appellant to pay the specified amount to the respondent. In our view, when the
complaints were summarily dismissed by the State Commission without even issuing
notice to the respondent before it and the National Commission was of the view that
the dismissal was not justified, then it should have remanded the matter to the State
Commission for deciding the matter on merits.
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Accordingly, the appeals are allowed, impugned orders are set aside and
the matters are remitted to the State Commission to decide the complaints on merits
in accordances with law after giving opportunity of hearing to the parties.
Let hearing of the complaints by the State Commission be expedited.
[G.S. SINGHVI] New Delhi, January 16, 2009.