In Brief
The Supreme Court addressed a systemic problem where the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission had pronounced operative orders without delivering reasoned judgments—creating an eight-month gap in the present case and affecting 85 pending cases. The Court held that such delays violate litigants' constitutional rights under Article 21 by preventing them from effectively challenging orders or understanding the reasoning. The Court directed the Commission to discontinue this practice and deliver reasoned judgments contemporaneously with operative orders, or within two months maximum.
The lawyer headnote and full judgment text are available to registered users.