1998 (1) TMI 536

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..... It was not represented when the SLP had been called out on an earlier date, when it was adjourned due to its absence. It is not represented today, even after the SLP has been passed over once. 3. The order that is under appeal was passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. It says: In our opinion, Section 230 of the Contract Act in terms will apply only to suits institut .....

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..... ment of a contract. 4. We are not a little surprised to read that the Contract Act does not apply to complaints filed under the Consumer Protection Act. The Contract Act applies to all the litigants before the Commission under the Consumer Protection Act included. Whether in proceedings before the Commission or otherwise, an agent is entitled to invoice the provisions of Section 230 of the Cont .....

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..... tion 230, that is to say that an agent is bound by a contract entered into by his principal who, though disclosed, cannot be sued. That the principal here is some company in Taiwan situated far outside the jurisdiction of the consumer courts in India does not mean that it could be inferred, for it had not been so found by the District or State Commissions, that it could not be sued. 6. The ju .....

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