Meetings of Central Council for transaction of business. — (1) The meetings of the Central Council shall ordi… — THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2019

Meetings of Central Council for transaction of business. — (1) The meetings of the Central Council shall ordinarily be held in the National Capital Territory of Delhi:

/ 2, 1942 No. 281] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY , JULY 24, 2020/SRAVANA 2, 1942 , 24 , 2020 . . -105/ . ./ . . . . ./2020 . — — , , , 2019 (2019 35) 103 : - – (1) () , 2020 (2) – (1) , - () " " , 2019 (2019 35) ; () " " 28 , 42 53 () " " 74 - (1) ; () " " () " " () " " () ' ' ; () , , - (1) - (i) , (ii) , (iii) ; (iv) , ; (v) ; (vi) ; (vii) , (viii) / (ix) -(1) , – (i) ; (ii) , ; (iii) , ; (iv) , , , , , , , , -(1) - 75 - (1) , , , – , : - : -(1) , , , , - , , , / , (i) / , ; (ii) – , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 77 () () , , : (i) , , , , , ; ; (ii) -(1) , , , 1908 (1908 5) , 1872 (1872 1) , , , – (1) , , – (1) , – , – (1) , , – (1) , : () ; () ; () ; () ; () ; () , ; () , ; () . , [ III/4/./138/2020 -21] NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 24th July, 2020 No. A -105/MR/NCDRC/2020 . — In exercise of the powers conferred by section 103 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (35 of 2019), the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, with the previous approval of the Central Government, hereby makes the following Regulations, namely:— Short title and commencement. — (1) These regulations may be called the Consumer Protection (Mediation) Regulations, 2020. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. Definitions . — (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, — (a) ―Act‖ means the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (35 of 2019); (b) ―Consumer Commission‖ means a District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission established in a District under section 28 of the Act, a State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission established in a State under section 42 of the Act or the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission established under section 53 of the Act; (c) ―Mediation Cell' means a Consumer Mediation Cell established under sub-section (1) of section 74 and includes the Consumer Mediation Cell attached to the regional benches of the National Commission. (d) ―party‖ means a party to a consumer dispute or any other proceeding pending before a Consumer Commission. (e) ―rules‖ mean the rules made under the Act; (f) ―section‖ means a section of the Act; (g) ―settlement‖ means a settlement arrived at in the course of a mediation proceeding in respect of all or some of the issues involved in a consumer dispute pending before a Consumer Commission. The words and expressions used herein and not defined, but defined in the Act or the rules shall have the meaning as assigned to them in the Act or in the rules, as the case may be. Eligibility for empanelment as mediator . — The following persons shall be eligible to be empanelled with a Mediation Cell — (i) retired Judges of Supreme Court of India; (ii) retired Judges of the High Courts; (iii) retired Members of a Consumer Commission; (iv) retired District and Session Judges, retired Additional District and Session Judges or other retired Members of the Higher Judicial Services of a State; (v) retired Judicial officers, having experience of not less than ten years; (vi) an advocate with a minimum experience of ten years at Bar; (vii) the mediators empanelled with the Mediation Cell of the Supreme Court of India, High Court or a District Court; (viii) a person having experience of at least five years in mediation or conciliation; (ix) experts or other professionals with at least fifteen years' experience or retired senior bureaucrats or retired executives. Disqualifications for empanelment . — (1) The following persons shall be disqualified for being empanelled as a Mediator, namely:- (i) a person who has been adjudged as insolvent; (ii) person against whom criminal charges involving moral turpitude are framed by a criminal court and are pending; (iii) a person who has been convicted by a criminal court for any offence involving moral turpitude; (iv) a person against whom disciplinary proceedings have been initiated by the appropriate disciplinary authority and are pending or have resulted in a punishment. A person who is or has been interested in or connected with the subject matter of the consumer dispute or is related to or has been associated or connected in any manner, including in a professional capacity, with any of the parties to the consumer disputes or any of their associates,

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