IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.GIRI MONDAY, THE 22ND JUNE 2009 / 1ST ASHADHA 1931 WP(C).No. 16664 of 2009(C) -------------------------- PETITIONER --------------- STATE BANK OF INDIA,MAIN BRANCH,BEACH ROAD,ALAPPUZHA,REPRESENTED BY ITS CHIEF MANAGER. BY ADV. SRI.R.S.KALKURA SRI.M.S.KALESH SRI.HARISH GOPINATH SRI.V.VINAY MENON SMT.KVP.JAYALEKSHMY SRI.M.AJAY (IRUMPANAM) RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,GOVERNMENT OF KERALA,SECRETARIAT,THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. THE KERALA CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION,REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY,KERALA CONSUMER REDRESSAL COMMISSION OFFICE,VAZHUTHACAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 3. SALEENA.K,VILAYIL VEEDU, AVALOOKUNNU.PO, ALAPPUZHA. 4. THE MANAGER,SBI CARDS & PAYMENT SERVICE PVT.LTD,P.O.BAG NO.28,G.P.O,NEW DELHI-110001. GOVERNMENT PLEADER SRI.P.N.SANTHOSH THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/06/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.GIRI,J. ------------------------- W.P ( C) No.16664 of 2009 -------------------------- Dated this the 22nd June,2009 J U D G M E N T The 3rd respondent herein, a card holder with SBI Credit Cards and Payment Service Pvt. Limited, filed a complaint before the Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum alleging inadequacy of service. It seems that the petitioner Bank was also made a party to the complaint. Ultimately, the District Forum passed an award setting the opposite party ex parte and granted relief against the petitioner also. Petitioner preferred an appeal before the State Commission which was rejected under Exhibit- P5 essentially on the ground that the amount awarded as compensation is meagre. The same has been challenged in the writ petition. 2. I am not inclined to interfere with the order passed by the State Commission. I am sure that the view taken by the Commission in Exhibit-P5 will not always be treated as precedent and there is no reason for the W.P ( C) No.16664 of 2009 2 petitioner to apprehend that the State Commission will not consider any other case in future on merits, merely because the amount awarded by the District Forum is meagre. In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with the above observations. (V.GIRI,JUDGE) ma W.P ( C) No.16664 of 2009 3 W.P ( C) No.16664 of 2009 4