Under Section 72 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, whoever fails to comply with any order made by the District Commission, State Commission, or National Commission shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one month, but which may extend to three years, or with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees, but which may extend to:

Section 72(1) of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 prescribes that whoever fails to comply with any order made by the District Commission, the State Commission, or the National Commission, as the case may be, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one month but which may extend to three years, or with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both. This provision provides the criminal-law backing that ensures compliance with the civil orders passed by consumer commissions, operating alongside the civil-execution mechanism under Section 71 (enforcement of orders as a civil court decree), giving successful complainants a dual pathway - civil execution and criminal prosecution - to secure compliance from a recalcitrant opposite party.