The District Forums and the State Commissions have not been given any power to set aside ex-parte orders and power of review

Rajeev Hitendra Pathak & Others v. Achyut Kashinth Karekar, IV (2011) CPJ 35 (SC) = 2011 (9) SCC 541, Hon'ble Supreme Court observed thus :

// 12 // "35. We have carefully scrutinized the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. We have also carefully analyzed the submissions and the cases cited by the learned Counsel for the parties.

36. On carefully analysis of the provisions of the Act, it is abundantly clear that the Tribunals are creatures of the Statute and derive their power from the express provisions of the Statute. The District Forums and the State Commissions have not been given any power to set aside ex-parte orders and power of review and the powers which have not been expressly given by the Statute cannot be exercised