CPA 73 — Appeal against order passed under section 72

Consumer Protection Act, 2019

Statutory text

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), where an order is passed under sub-section (1) of section
72, an appeal shall lie, both on facts and on law from—
(a) the order made by the District Commission to the State Commission;
(b) the order made by the State Commission to the National Commission; and (c) the order made by the National Commission to the Supreme Court.
(2)  Except  as  provided  in  sub-section  (1),  no  appeal  shall  lie  before  any  court,  from  any  order  of  a District Commission or a State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be.
(3) Every appeal under this section shall be preferred within a period of thirty days from the date of order of a District Commission or a State Commission or the National Commission, as the case may be:

Provided  that  the  State  Commission  or the  National Commission  or the  Supreme  Court,  as the  case may be, may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said period of thirty days, if it is satisfied that the appellant had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within the said period of thirty days.

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