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The Consumer Protection Act, 1986
Section 3 in The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 [Entire Act]
Secretary, Thirumurugan Co-Operative vs M. Lalitha (Dead) Through Lrs. & Ors on 11 December, 2003
In Secretary, Thirumurugan Co-operative Agricultural
Credit Society vs. M. Lalitha & Ors. (supra) case, the respondents
being members of the appellant-society, had pledged paddy bags for
obtaining loan. The appellant-society had issued notices to the
respondents demanding payment of loan amount with interest
thereon. The respondents filed petitions in the District Consumer
Forum, seeking direction to the appellant to release the paddy bags
pledged on receipt of the loan amount or in the alternative to direct
the appellant to pay the market values of the paddy bags with
interest thereon. The appellant contested the claims of the
respondents before the District Forum raising a preliminary objection
that Consumer Forum had no jurisdiction to decide the dispute
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between the members and cooperative society in view of Section 90 of
the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Societies Act, 1983. One of the issues
framed by the District Forum was whether it had jurisdiction to
entertain the complaints of this nature? The District Forum decided
in favour of the respondents. The appellant took the matter in appeal
to the State Consumer Commission. The State Commission allowed
the appeal filed by the appellant and dismissed the appeal filed by
the respondents. The State Commission held that the complaints
filed by the respondents were themselves not maintainable having
regard to Section 90 of the Act. The respondents approached the
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission by way of a
revision petition. The National Commission allowed the revision
petition and set aside the order of the State Commission. It would be
material to reproduce relevant provisions of the Tamilnadu
Cooperative Societies Act, 1983, hereinbelow:-