Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 15, 24A, Limitation Act, 1963, Section 5 -- Appeal condonation of delay - Delay of 281 days in filing the appeal - Only reason given that due to some unavoidable reasons the appeal was filed with delay - Not a sufficient cause when the Counsel for the appellants was present before the District Forum when the impugned order was passed..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A -- Limitation - Insurance claim - Bankers Indemnity Policy - Indemnification of embezzled amount - Acts of embezzlement could not have been detected in an institutional matter immediately after those were committed - As and when the embezzlement came to light it was immediately brought to the notice of appellant by the appellant..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A -- Limitation - Insurance claim - Repudiation - Incident in question took place on 22.8.2003 - Surveyor submitted report dated 5.1.2007 and claim repudiated vide letter dated 22.2.2007 - Complainant after obtaining reports from two experts submitted the same to OP in August, 2007 and December, 2007 - The Surveyor on his own..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A -- Limitation - Incident took place on 2.1.2005 and complaint filed on 1.1.2009 - No application for condonation of delay filed - The letter dated 19.12.2008 from the Alternate Dispute Redressal Cell does not and cannot extend the period of limitation - Complaint liable to be dismissed on the point of limitation...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A -- Limitation - Electricity bills - Dispute as to - For the period January, 2000 to January,2002 - Plea that cause of action arose in May,2000 and complaint filed on 9.10.2002 is barred by limitation repelled as the appellant is having a continuous cause of action...........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A -- Limitation - Continuing cause of action - Housing construction - Complaint with regard to leakage of water from the lintel - As per averments of respondent - complainant cause of action arose in March, 2005 and thereafter in September, 2006 when the appellant sent his mason to repair the leakage - After this no written..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A -- Complaint - Limitation - Plot allotment - Application for - Cause of action accrued to the complainant on 12.2.1992 when he had submitted an application to the OPs for allotment of residential plot - Complaint filed on 11.5.2007 after about fifteen years held to be beyond the period of limitation - No application for..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A -- Complaint - Limitation - Plot allotment - Application for - Cause of action accrued to the complainant on 12.02.1992 when he had submitted an application to the OPs for allotment of residential plot - Complaint filed on 11.05.2007 after about fifteen years held to be beyond the period of limitation - No application for..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A -- Insurance policy - Insurance claim - Limitation - Condition No.7 of the policy provided that if the Company disclaim liability to the insured for any claim and such claim not made the subject matter of a suit in a Court of law within 12 months from the date of such disclaimer the claim shall be deemed to have been abandoned -..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 24A -- Limitation - Housing - Flat - Deficiency in construction - Complainant purchased the flat in question under registered sale deed on 31.10.2000 - Building is already constructed - Complainant fully knowing well about the condition of the building took possession of the flat - Complaint filed on 11.12.2003 held to be barred by..........