Delay in providing certified copies of proceedings: Consumer panel dismisses complaint against court registrar by law student
The law student had approached the South Mumbai panel of the commission complaining that he had sought the certified copies of proceedings in a civil suit before the city civil court in 2018 and deposited the fee stamp and the initial deposit.
The student had said that he needed the copies for another case and despite following up, he was not given the copies. A Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission dismissed a complaint filed by a 27-year-old law student against the registrar of the city civil and sessions court in Mumbai over alleged delay in providing certified copies of proceedings in a civil suit, stating that it is merely availing a statutory right and not a hiring of a service.
The law student had approached the South Mumbai panel of the commission complaining that he had sought the certified copies of proceedings in a civil suit before the city civil court in 2018 and deposited the fee stamp and the initial deposit.
The student had said that he needed the copies for another case and despite following up, he was not given the copies. He sought refund of the amount paid, reimbursement of his travels to the court and compensation, claiming that the delay caused him mental agony.
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