India, Jan. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Centre's view on establishing a dedicated cadre to select members of district and state consumer forum, observing that appointing persons with a limited tenure of five years was a "great disservice" to citizens considering the need for expertise to deal with cases of medical negligence and other emerging fields of law.

A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and MM Sundresh said, "When we look at the cases coming daily before the district and state forums, we feel they need expertise. If they are to be manned by people who have a tenure of 3 to 5 years, we are doing a great disservice to the consumers."

The bench was hearing a set of applications in a case relating to the Centre and st...