Supreme Court of India

Kanpur Development Authority Thr. Vice Chairman v. Sheo Prakash Gupta & Anr.

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Reported as [2012] 8 S.C.R. 163
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya JJ.
Decided 24 August 2012

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal is allowed, the impugned order and judgment passed by the National Commission is set aside and the matter is remitted to the National Commission for F deciding whether the notice issued by the State Commission was properly served on the appellant-Authority and to decide the First Appeal No.42 of 2012 on merits.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Notice - Service of - Whether effected on the opposite party - Complaint against appellant-Authority before State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission - State Commission by ex-parte order allowing the complaint - Appellant-Authority filing appeal before National Consumer Disputes redressal Commission, taking plea that State Commission passed ex-parte order without affording it opportunity to be heard - National Commission rejected the plea of non-service of notice - On appeal, held: There is nothing on record to suggest that notice was issued by State Commission on appellant-Authority -

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