The time limit for filing a complaints before the District forum under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 is
two years
Section 24A of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 sets the limitation period: the District Forum, State Commission or National Commission shall not admit a complaint unless it is filed within two years from the date on which the cause of action arose.
Under the proviso, a complaint may still be entertained after this period if the complainant satisfies the forum that there was sufficient cause for not filing in time, and the forum records its reasons for condoning the delay. So a limit exists, though it is not absolutely rigid.
One year is shorter than the statutory period, three years is the general period under the Limitation Act for many civil suits rather than the consumer law period, and the claim that no limit exists ignores Section 24A altogether. The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 keeps the same two-year limit.
Hence, two years.
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