Bhikhan Tanti v. The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Food and Consumer Protection Department
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: review jurisdiction; role/duty of complainant; cognizance of complaint; initiation of action against dealer; complainant not made party respondent; appearance before authority concerned; Food and Consumer Protection Department, Bihar; District/Block/District Supply Officers, Khagaria; Patna High Court. One-line takeaway: a complainant has no continuing role or entitlement to participate once the authorities take cognizance of his complaint and act against the dealer, so a review application seeking such participation fails. No statute or precedent is cited; single-judge oral order; quantum: none.
What did the court decide?
The duty or role of the complainant comes to an end as soon as the complaint filed by him is taken cognizance of and necessary action is initiated against the dealer by the authority; therefore the submission that the reviewer be allowed to appear before and assist the authority has no merits.