Supreme Court Demolition Guidelines 2024: Notice, Hearing and Accountability
Explaining the 13 November 2024 demolition judgment, its procedural safeguards, exceptions and limits on punitive state action.
2026-10-298 minRead
1. Choose your case type
Complaint before a District, State or National Consumer Commission under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
1. Filing window
Within 2 years from the date the cause of action arose (delay may be condoned for sufficient cause).
Source: Consumer Protection Act, 2019, s.69
2. Opposite party reply
30 days from receiving the complaint, extendable by up to 15 days.
Source: CPA 2019, s.38(2)(a)
3. Decision target
Commission to endeavour to decide within 3 months of notice to the opposite party; 5 months if commodity testing is needed.
Source: CPA 2019, s.38(7)
The decision period is a statutory endeavour, not a guarantee; actual time depends on the Commission’s docket and adjournments.
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