1998 JTR(SC) 1119
1999 AIR(SCW) 4856 ; 1998 4 AWC 68 ; 1997 96 ELT 16 ; 1999 81 FLR 303 ; 1998 8 JT 423 ; 1999 1 LLJ 254 ; 1999 1 LLN 18 ; 1999 1 RSJ 201 ; 1998 6 Scale 287 ; 1998 9 SCC 325 ; 1998 SCC(L&S) 1187 ; 1999 1 SCT 536
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
S.P. Bharucha and A.P. Misra, JJ.
C.A. No. 5190 of 1998
Decided On: 09.11.1998
Amit Gems Appellants
versus
Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. Respondent
Courts may decline to interfere in matters better suited for resolution by a civil court due to the complexity of evidence required.
Act Referred :PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT : S.15(3)
Consumer Court - Jurisdiction - Court declined to interfere in a matter where the dispute should be resolved by a civil court due to the elaborate evidence required
Fact of the Case:
The court declined to interfere in a matter where the Consumer Court felt that the dispute should be resolved by a civil court due to the elaborate evidence that will be necessary.
Finding of the Court:
The court dismissed the civil appeal, indicating its reluctance to interfere in matters better suited for resolution by a civil court.
Issues: Jurisdiction of Consumer Court and Civil Court
Ratio Decidendi: The court's decision was influenced by the complexity of evidence required, leading it to defer to the jurisdiction of the civil court.
Final Decision: The civil appeal was dismissed, affirming the decision not to interfere in the matter better suited for resolution by a civil court.
Consumer Court - Jurisdiction - Court declined to interfere in a matter where the dispute should be resolved by a civil court due to the elaborate evidence required
Fact of the Case:
The court declined to interfere in a matter where the Consumer Court felt that the dispute should be resolved by a civil court due to the elaborate evidence that will be necessary.
Finding of the Court:
The court dismissed the civil appeal, indicating its reluctance to interfere in matters better suited for resolution by a civil court.
Issues: Jurisdiction of Consumer Court and Civil Court
Ratio Decidendi: The court's decision was influenced by the complexity of evidence required, leading it to defer to the jurisdiction of the civil court.
Final Decision: The civil appeal was dismissed, affirming the decision not to interfere in the matter better suited for resolution by a civil court.
ORDER
1. We will not interfere ordinarily in a matter where the Consumer Court feels that the dispute should be resolved by a civil court having regard to the elaborate evidence that will be necessary. The civil appeal is dismissed.