Consumer Law News Tatra deal: Court to hear case against Tejinder Singh on Dec 6 October 21, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court today fixed December 6 for hearing a case in which CBI has charge-sheeted Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh for allegedly offering Rs. 14 crore bribe to then Army Chief Gen V K Singh for clearing Tatra vehicles file. Special CBI Judge Madhu Jain posted the matter for hearing on December 6 […] Read more » Special CBI judge Madhu Jain Tatra vehicles
Consumer Law News Life insurers told to simplify claims’ procedures October 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Friday advised life insurers to nominate senior officials as nodal officers for coordination and also simplify procedures for settling claims arising from cyclone Hudhud that hit Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. The IRDA has also asked life insurers to publicise a dedicated toll-free phone number, a dedicated e-mail ID […] Read more » IRDA settling claims arising from cyclone Hudhud simplify claims’ procedures The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
Consumer Law News Builder gets 1-yr prison for non-compliance of order October 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Vasai-based builder has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment for failing to comply with a 2008 order of Thane District Consumer Redressal Forum (TDCRF). The case relates to a complaint by Patricia Shashikant Vinekar, of Siddharth Nagar in Mumbai’s suburban Goregaon, who had booked a flat being built by Bhimsen Sohanlal, of S R Builders […] Read more » Builder gets 1-yr prison non-compliance of order TDCRF Thane District Consumer Redressal Forum
Consumer Law News Man disabled in road accident gets over Rs 13L compensation October 14, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 44-year-old man, who suffered 50 per cent permanent disability in his leg in an accident involving a rashly driven car, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 13 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal here. The tribunal directed the Oriental Insurance Company Ltd, insurer of the offending car, to pay a compensation […] Read more » gets over Rs 13L compensation MACT Presiding Officer K S Mohi Man disabled in road accident Man disabled in road accident gets over Rs 13L compensation Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Oriental Insurance Company Ltd
Consumer Law News Court rules favouring Vodafone in transfer pricing case October 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Friday ruled that British telecom major Vodafone need not pay taxes of around Rs.3,200 crore in a transfer pricing case. “We feel that there is no taxable income on the share premium received on the issue of the shares,” a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M.S. Sanklecha […] Read more » Chief Justice Mohit Shah Justice M.S. Sanklecha the Bombay High Court Vodafone in transfer pricing case
Consumer Law News Forum denies claim due to delay in informing insurance firm October 6, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A consumer forum here has denied medical insurance claim to a man, noting that the insurer was informed after a delay of five months about the injuries. , presided by Babu Lal, rejected Hisar resident Suresh Cander’s mediclaim of Rs 48,795 filed against Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. The forum noted the firm’s submission that there […] Read more » delay in informing insurance firm Forum denies claim Nagrik Surkasha Mediclaim policy North Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum
Consumer Law News ICICI Bank asked to pay over Rs 1L for negligence in services October 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment ICICI Bank Ltd has been asked by an apex consumer commission to pay a compensation of over Rs. one lakh to a Punjab-based family for charging interest on home loan at much higher rates, saying it was “negligent in rendering services”. National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), presided by Justice V K Jain, asked the […] Read more » Justice V.K. Jain National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC negligence in services
Consumer Law News Firm asked to pay around Rs 20 lakh for unfair trade practice September 29, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A consumer forum has directed a Delhi-based construction firm to pay around Rs 20 lakh to a man for not delivering him a plot, saying the company engaged in “unfair trade practice”. The New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, presided by C K Chaturvedi, asked Taneja Developers and Infrastructure Ltd to pay Rs 19.5 […] Read more » C.K. Chaturvedi New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum Taneja Developers and Infrastructure Ltd unfair trade practice
Consumer Law News Rs 43 lakh for family of businessman killed in road mishap September 27, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The family of a young Bhiwandi-based businessman, who was run over by a truck in 2008, was awarded a compensation of Rs 43.55 lakh by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here, which rejected their claim of Rs six crore. MACT judge Y Kulkarni asked the owner of the truck owner Nisar Ahmed Jamal Khan […] Read more » MACT MACT judge Y Kulkarni Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Road mishap
Consumer Law News 2G case: SC agrees to hear plea against disclosing whistleblower’s identity September 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Prashant Bhushan’s plea urging the court to recall its order directing disclosure of the name of whistleblower who revealed details of visitors’ dairy at CBI chief’s official residence. Prashant Bhushan, who had moved an application on behalf of NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation seeking withdrawal of […] Read more » 2G case whistleblower's identity
Consumer Law News Court, Judiciary & Legal System Case against Kumar Birla and others: CBI seeks time for clarifications September 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment CBI today sought more time in a Delhi court to give clarifications on queries posed to it in connection with a closure report filed in coal block allocation case in which an FIR was lodged against top industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and others. Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) R S Cheema told Special CBI Judge Bharat […] Read more » allocation of Talabira II Case against Kumar Birla coal block allocation former Coal secretary P C Parakh Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar SPP R S Cheema
Consumer Law News Real estate firm to pay over Rs 35L lack of service September 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Real estate firm to pay over Rs 35L lack of service The Delhi Consumer Commission has asked a real estate firm here to pay over Rs 35 lakh to a man for non-completion of project, in which he had booked a plot, even after three years from date of promised delivery of possession, saying it “amounts to deficiency of service”. Read more » amounts to deficiency of service The Delhi Consumer Commission
