Consumer Law News Maha electoral office to link voter IDs with Aadhaar cards April 24, 2015 / April 24, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With an aim of ridding the electoral rolls of bogus voters, the Maharashtra electoral office has started an aggressive drive to link people’s Aadhaar cards with their voter identity cards. The drive, which started last month, may also help in giving voters an option to cast their franchise online in future, an senior electoral officer […] Read more » Aadhaar cards electoral office to link voter IDs with Aadhaar cards featured link voter IDs with Aadhaar cards voter IDs with Aadhaar cards
Consumer Law News Why should person with even slight taint head SPMCIL : HC April 23, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court today asked the government why a person with even a “slight taint” should be heading the SPMCIL which produces bank notes, coins, postage stamps, non-judicial stamps and government-related documents. “Why should you even have a person who has a slight taint,” a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva asked […] Read more » Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain featured Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd
Consumer Law News Top Law News Delhi govt not to take action against chewable tobacco sellers April 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High Court on Wednesday restrained the government from acting against tobacco sellers and distributors after manufacturers challenged the ban on sale of chewable tobacco products in the national capital from March 30. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, however, refused to stay a notification issued by Delhi government’s Food Safety Commissioner on March 25 banning storage, sale, […] Read more » chewable tobacco sellers featured no action against chewable tobacco sellers
Consumer Law News Top Law News First Arrests Carried Out on Anti-Graft Helpline Complaint in Delhi April 20, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Three persons including a government official, were today taken into custody for allegedly taking bribe by the Anti-Corruption-Branch (ACB), the first arrests related to any complaint made on the newly launched anti-graft helpline in Delhi. According to ACB, a complaint was lodged by a caller on Delhi government’s 1031 helpline on Thursday, claiming that bribe […] Read more » Anti-Graft Helpline Anti-Graft Helpline Complaint Anti-Graft Helpline Complaint in Delhi bribe Azadpur Mandi for allowing trucks having valid entry pass Delhi government's 1031 helpline featured First Arrests Carried Out on Anti-Graft Helpline taking bribe by the Anti-Corruption-Branch
Consumer Law News Top Law News Dec 16 gangrape: HC seeks reply from BBC & documentary maker April 18, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today sought reply from BBC and the British director of the controversial documentary on December 16 gangrape case on a plea seeking their prosecution for interviewing one of the convicts who made derogatory statement against women.A bench of Justice Sunita Gupta also asked the Centre and Delhi police to reply on […] Read more » BBC & documentary maker Dec 16 gangrape Dec 16 gangrape documentary featured
Consumer Law News Tax Law News Road mishap: Couple gets compensation for loss of unborn child April 16, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 31-year-old man and his wife, who suffered injuries and lost their unborn child in a road accident here, have been awarded nearly Rs 13 lakh compensation by a Delhi court. Additional District Judge Ashwani Kumar Sarpal directed New India Assurance Company Ltd, insurer of the offending RTV, to pay a compensation of 12.95 lakh […] Read more » Additional District Judge Ashwani Kumar Sarpal Compensation compensation for loss of unborn child featured loss of unborn child Road mishap RTV guilty of rash driving
Consumer Law News Top Law News HC issues notice to Arasu cable corporation April 3, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court today ordered issue of notice to and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on a plea filed by Makkal Tholai Thodarpu Kuzhumam Limited (Makkal TV). The petition sought a direction to Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Limited (TACTV) to restore telecasting the channel ‘MAKKAL TV’ through its cable network in S-4 […] Read more » Arasu cable Arasu cable corporation Justice S.Vaidyanathan Madras High Court notice to Arasu cable corporation notice to Arasu cable corporation by HC Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Limited
Consumer Law News Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News Misconduct if not grave, not ground for pension cut March 30, 2015 / March 30, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Misconduct of an employee, unless grave, cannot be a ground for a State to slash post-retirement pensionary benefits, the Delhi High Court has held. “Suffice it to state that for a retired government servant a cut in pension can be ordered if the misconduct of which he is found guilty is grave. Mere misconduct, without […] Read more » ground for pension cut misconduct not ground for pension cut pension cut
Consumer Law News Top Law News LBT and octroi can be levied on Sodexo meal vouchers: Bombay HC March 22, 2015 / March 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that Sodexo meal vouchers are utility goods, which are capable of being sold, delivered and possessed, the Bombay High Court has held that octroi and Local Body Tax (LBT) can be levied on them. A division bench of justices A S Oka and Ajey Gadkari on March 20 refused to grant relief to Sodexo […] Read more » Bombay High Court justice A S Oka Justice Ajey Gadkari LBT and octroi can be levied LBT and octroi can be levied on Sodexo meal vouchers Senior counsel V V Tulzapurkar Sodexo meal vouchers
Consumer Law News Top Law News 32-year-old man injured in road accident gets over Rs 22 L March 22, 2015 / March 22, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 32-year-old man, who was grievously injured in a road accident involving a rashly driven truck, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 22 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here. MACT Presiding Officer Manish Gupta directed Oriental Insurance Company Ltd, insurer of the offending truck, to pay Rs 22,52,494 to the […] Read more » 32-year-old man injured in road accident injured in road accident gets over Rs 22 L MACT Presiding Officer Manish Gupta Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Oriental Insurance Company Ltd
Consumer Law News Mediclaims should be settled by insurance co and not TPAs: HC March 7, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Mediclaims should be settled by insurance co and not TPAs: HC The Bombay High Court today asked the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority to ensure that insurance companies did not involve Third Party Administrators (TPA) in the claim settlement. The TPAs act as intermediaries between hospitals, insurers and consumers. “IRDA shall inform insurers to implement (Health Insurance) Regulation 12 in letter and spirit to see that […] Read more » Mediclaims should be settled by insurance co
Consumer Law News School student awarded Rs 10 lakh compensation for 2007 mishap February 27, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded a compensation of Rs 10.75 lakh to a student, who sustained major injuries in a road accident in March 2007 while he was returning home from school on a bicycle. MACT member and Additional Sessions Judge SY Kulkarni in his order issued this week held that […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge SY Kulkarni MACT Rs 10 lakh compensation Thane Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
