Srinagar, Oct 24, Oct. 25 -- The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that consumer claims exceeding Rs.50 lakh are maintainable before the J&K State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission if they were instituted before the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, came into force in the Union Territory. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dr Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Mohd Yousuf Wani, while deciding Tabeen Mineral Water Pvt. Ltd. v. National Insurance Company Limited, directed the Commission to re-adjudicate cases previously dismissed on the ground of lack of pecuniary jurisdiction.The court was hearing an appeal and a writ petition concerning consumer complaints seeking compensation exceeding Rs.50 lakh. The complaints had been...