{
  "id": 5966854,
  "title": "Consumer forums face huge backlog, Maharashtra case pending for 32 years: Report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/consumer-forums-face-huge-backlog-maharashtra-case-pending-for-32",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T11:17:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/consumer-forums-face-huge-backlog-maharashtra-case-pending-for-32-years-report-101788693423433.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 32-year-old consumer dispute case from Maharashtra has been identified as the oldest pending case before a state consumer commission in a recent report submitted to the Supreme Court. The report highlights serious concerns over vacancies and long pendency of cases in consumer forums across various states and districts. Other notable cases include a 30-year-old case from Kerala pending since 1995 and a 2000 matter in Uttar Pradesh. Similar long-pending cases are present in the consumer forums of J&K, West Bengal, Assam, Goa, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Rajasthan. The report also reveals that the caseload of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has risen to 18,767 as of July 31, despite three vacancies remaining unfilled.",
  "summary": "The report depicts a sorry state of functioning of the district and state consumer disputes redressal commission (SCDRC)",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}