The Himachal Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (HPSCDRC), is a quasi-judicial Commission, which was set up in the year 1989, under the Consumer Protection Act 1986. Its head office is at Shimla. The Commission is headed by a sitting or a retired Judge of the Hon'ble High Court. The Commission is presently headed by Hon'ble Mr. Justice I.S. Mehta, former Judge, High Court of Delhi.

The State Government established a District Forum in the first instance with its headquarter at State Capital Shimla, which started functioning w.e.f. 01.11.1989 and also the H.P. State Consumer Protection Council was formed. During March,1995, the State Government established two more whole time District Forums, one at Mandi and another at Kangra at Dharamshala. The State Government during the year 1997, set up another whole time District Forum, at Una

To further strengthen the provisions for Consumer Protection Act, especially in the new era of globalization, online platforms, e-commerce markets etc., the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, was enacted to replace the Consumer Protection Act 1986, which came into existence w.e.f. 20-07-2020.

The Jurisdiction of District Commissions is as under:

Section 41 of Consumer Protection Act, 2019, provides that any person aggrieved by an order made by the District Commissions may prefer an appeal against such order to the State Commission on the grounds of facts or law within a period of forty-five days from the date of the order.

Section 47(1) of Consumer Protection Act, 2019, posits that the State Commission shall have Jurisdiction to entertain complaints where the value of the goods or services paid as consideration exceeds fifty lakh but does not exceed two crore rupees and also have Appellate and Revisional Jurisdiction from the orders of District Commissions as the case may be.

Section 51 of Consumer Protection Act, 2019, provides that any person aggrieved by an order of SCDRC, may prefer an Appeal against such order to NCDRC within a period of 30 days.