CPA 80 — Settlement through mediation

Consumer Protection Act, 2019

Statutory text

(1) Pursuant to mediation, if an agreement is reached between the parties with respect to all of the issues involved in the consumer dispute or with respect to only some of  the  issues,  the  terms  of  such  agreement  shall  be  reduced  to  writing  accordingly,  and signed  by  the parties to such dispute or their authorised representatives.
(2) The mediator shall prepare a settlement report of the settlement and forward the signed agreement along with such report to the concerned Commission.
(3) Where no agreement is reached between the parties within the specified time or the mediator is of the opinion that settlement is not possible, he shall prepare his report accordingly and submit the same to the concerned Commission.

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