Unbecoming behaviour of Pre of Consumer Forumsident
I am Complainant in a consumer case filed by me.
I represent the case myself and do not afford to hire a lawyer.
In hundreds of hearing that have have attended during the course of legal battle I always stand at the dias meant for Complainants and was never disallowed by any of the Presidents whether at District Forum or even the State Commission.
It is first time in 3 years that a new President in the District Forum has denied me to use or stand at the dias.
He makes me stand at quite a distance away from the dias.
He seems biased against anyone not a lawyer.
While he gives ample opportunity to the lawyers to speak, he never allows me a chance to speak.
Even in the verbal argument held on 8-10-2018 he interrupted me within a minute and did not allow me to continue.
In her turn the OP lawyer raised few points which I wanted to counter but he did not allow me to say a word.
I always see him allowing arguments and counter arguments at length between opposite lawyers to which he never has any problem.
In view of above I seek answers to following questions:
1. Whether the dias are meant for 'only Lawyers' or 'an advocate' who is advocating in the case?
2. If it is for 'an advocate' not necessarily a Lawyer, why I am denied to use it when I am advocating for myself?
3. What is 'verbal argument'? What are its scope and boundaries? Is it meant only for raising a new point that is not already covered in written submissions (as the said President told me)?
4. Even in case only a new point can be raised in a 'verbal argument' but the opponent's lawyer has raised a new point in her turn of verbal argument that were never stated in any of their written submissions, how the other party can be denied to give rebuttals to those new points?
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