UPKAR ROAD LINES Vs. PFIZER LIMITED

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is a revision petition against the order dated 12.6.2004 passed by the learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Chandigarh, vide which the application, moved by the plaintiff-applicant under Section 5 read with Section 14 of the Limitation Act for condoning the delay in prosecuting the case before the Consumer Commission, was allowed.

(2.) M /s. Pfizer Limited alongwith the Oriental Insurance Company filed a complaint in the consumer Court in 1997 i.e. within a period of limitation. However, the said complaint was disposed of by the Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Ahmedabad, vide order dated 18th of October, 2000 holding therein that it had no jurisdiction to entertain the complaint and it was open to the parties to approach the Civil Court.

(3.) LEARNED counsel for the petitioner challenged the said order firstly, on the ground that Section 15 of the Limitation Act was not applicable and for the said purpose reference was made to Section 14(1) of the Limitation Act which reads as under :-