Supreme Court: We are duty-bound to order performance audit of laws

Source: MSN

The Supreme Court has said that in the Indian legislative system, where most bills are introduced by govt and very few private members' bills are presented and debated in Parliament, it becomes the apex court's duty to direct performance audit and assessment of impact of legislations. While upholding constitutional validity of provisions of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) relating to pecuniary jurisdiction of district, state and national consumer foras, a bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Manoj Misra asked the Central Consumer Protection Council (CCPC) and the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) to "survey review and advise the govt about measures for effective and efficient redressal and working of the statute."

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