#expert report

State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, West Bengal sets aside premature dismissal of a medical negligence complaint based solely on an expert report obtained at the admission stage. The Commission emphasized that expert evaluations cannot preemptively determine complaint admissibility under the Consumer Protection Act 2019, ensuring complainants' access to justice.

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh quashed a municipal order that disregarded a court-supervised expert report declaring shops structurally safe, ruling that administrative authorities cannot override judicially endorsed technical findings when livelihood rights under Article 21 are at stake. The judgment reinforces that arbitrary administrative actions conflicting with judicial directions constitute a fraud on power, particularly where economic rights of citizens are involved.