Consumer Protection Act, 1986 · Chapter IV: Miscellaneous
Section 28: Protection of action taken in good faith
The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was repealed and replaced by the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 from 20 July 2020. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the members of the District Forum, the State Commission or the National Commission or any officer or person acting under the direction of the District Forum, the State Commission or the National Commission for executing any order made by it or in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done by such member, officer or person under this Act or under any rule or order made thereunder.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 28
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