The National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission was constituted in the year

Question

The national consumer dispute redressal commission was constituted in the year:

Answer 1

The key fact to anchor this question on is the short gap between the Act being passed and the apex commission actually being set up.

Start with the Act: The Consumer Protection Act was passed by Parliament in 1986, creating the legal framework for the three-tier redressal system.
Move to implementation: Setting up the physical machinery, appointing members and establishing the National Commission's office took a short period after the Act's passage, and the National Commission became operational in 1988.
Rule out the later years: 1998, 1999 and 2000 all fall well after the Commission was already functioning, so none of them mark its actual date of constitution.

The correct answer is 1988.

Answer 2

A useful cross-check is to compare this timeline with other consumer-law milestones that are commonly tested alongside it.

1998: This year does not correspond to any major milestone in the National Commission's own history; it is neither the year of the parent Act nor the year the Commission was constituted.
1988: Coming just two years after the parent Act of 1986, the establishment of the National Commission in 1988 completed the top tier of the redressal machinery, alongside State Commissions and District Forums that were being rolled out around the same period across the country.
1999: This year is better remembered for a different reform altogether, the insertion of Section 89 into the CPC bringing ADR into civil litigation, and should not be confused with the consumer forum's founding date.
2000: No structural change to the National Commission's existence is tied to this year; it simply falls well within the period the Commission had already been functioning.

Separating this date from other, unrelated legal milestones of the same era confirms the right year.

Hence, the correct answer is 1988.

Answer 3

A useful cross-check is to compare this timeline with other consumer-law milestones that are commonly tested alongside it.

1998: This year does not correspond to any major milestone in the National Commission's own history; it is neither the year of the parent Act nor the year the Commission was constituted.
1988: Coming just two years after the parent Act of 1986, the establishment of the National Commission in 1988 completed the top tier of the redressal machinery, alongside State Commissions and District Forums that were being rolled out around the same period across the country.
1999: This year is better remembered for a different reform altogether, the insertion of Section 89 into the CPC bringing ADR into civil litigation, and should not be confused with the consumer forum's founding date.
2000: No structural change to the National Commission's existence is tied to this year; it simply falls well within the period the Commission had already been functioning.

Separating this date from other, unrelated legal milestones of the same era confirms the right year.

Hence, the correct answer is 1988.

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