Justice R K Agrawal to be next NCDRC President

Former Supreme Court judge Justice R K Agrawal has been appointed the President of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC).

The NCDRC, which deals with consumer rights and addresses their disputes and grievances, is a quasi-judicial commission set up in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act of 1986.

Justice Agrawal, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, was sworn in as a judge of the top court on February 17, 2014.

He will take over from Justice D K Jain, who will complete his term on May 31.

The former apex court judge, who retired on May 4, 2018, had said in his farewell speech, that the "Bar and Bench are two sides of the same coin and both are indispensable to a free society.