Consumer forums can’t be mere rehabalitaion centres for retired: SC

Referring to the news item, SC said these issues have highlighted the poor disposal rate of consumer commissions including the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC).NEW DELHI: Flagging slow disposal in consumer forums, Supreme Court on Thursday said the consumer dispute redressal commissions cannot be the place for rehabilitation of retired judges and bureaucrats and said a detailed pan-India performance evaluation exercise of these quasi-judicial bodies is urgently needed.In a case relating to pay and allowances of members of consumer forums across the country of which the court had taken suo motu cognisance five years ago, a bench of CJI Surya Kant, and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said it came across a disturbing news report narrating the plight of consumers w