Consumer Law News Spell out gas pricing policy : SC tells government September 19, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday asked the government to spell out its policy on the pricing of gas as it was told that a committee on gas pricing policy has been set up and will take a call by Sep 30. A bench of Justice T.S.Thakur, Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice Kurian Joseph sought the government’s […] Read more » Justice J. Chelameswar Justice Kurian Joseph Justice T.S. Thakur Spell out gas pricing policy
Consumer Law News DDA to pay Rs 50K for wrongly cancelling flat allotment September 18, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Development Authority has been asked to pay Rs 50,000 compensation to a woman and a flat, whose allotment was cancelled, while noting that she was not informed in a proper manner. New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, presided by C K Chaturvedi, asked DDA to pay the money to one Rekha Raghav, […] Read more » DDA guilty Indian Overseas Bank New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum wrongly cancelling flat allotment
Consumer Law News HDFC to pay Rs 15,000 compensation for ‘harassing’ consumer September 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment HDFC Bank has been asked by a consumer forum to pay Rs 15,000 compensation to a man for “harassing” him by charging him for an air ticket, which he had not purchased, through his credit card. West Delhi District Consumer, presided by Bimla Makin, asked the bank to pay the compensation amount to Rajesh Kukreja […] Read more » compensation for harassing consumer HDFC Bank HDFC Bank to pay compensation
Consumer Law News Criminal Law News Satyam Case: All Accused Asked to Appear in Court on October 27 September 15, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court trying the case of multi-crore accounting fraud in erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Limited (SCSL) today ordered all the accused to appear before it on October 27. The court has not given any date for judgement, CBI special public prosecutor K Surender said. The ten accused in the case include prime accused Satyam […] Read more » former chairman B Ramalinga Raju Satyam case Satyam Computers founder B Ramalinga Raju
Consumer Law News SC reserves order to decide fate of 218 coal blocks September 10, 2014 / September 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order to decide the fate of 218 coal block allocations held as illegal by it with the Centre advocating their cancellation while allocatees blamed the government for irregularities and demanded setting up of a committee to go into each of the allocation. The Coal Producers Association, Sponge Iron […] Read more » Chief Justice R M Lodha fate of 218 coal blocks Justice Kurian Joseph justices M B Lokur Senior advocates K K Venuogopal
Consumer Law News 2G Case: Shahid Balwa Wants to Depose as Witness September 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, one of the accused facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation case, Tuesday told the court that he wanted to depose as a witness in the case to defend himself. Balwa’s counsel Vijay Aggarwal told the special CBI court hearing the case that his client wanted to depose as […] Read more » 2G case Asif Balwa Balwa's counsel Vijay Aggarwal Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd Rajiv Agarwal Shahid Balwa
Consumer Law News Ponzi company director awarded five years’ RI September 10, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district today convicted three persons of a West Bengal-based ponzi company for cheating depositors of money. The court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Baripada, sentenced Debasis Mahanta, the director of Happy Life Reality India Limited, to five years’ rigorous imprisonment while two other agents were punished with 4 years’ […] Read more » Bhagabat Behera Debasis Mahanta Ponzi company director Prize Cheat and Money Circulation Ban Act 1978
Consumer Law News Upto bank to recover money from guarantor or borrower: NCDRC September 9, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The national consumer commission has dismissed a man’s plea filed against a bank which recovered from him the dues, borrowed by a person whom he had introduced to it, saying that “it is the choice of bank to recover money either from the guarantor or the borrower”. National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), presided by […] Read more » Justice J M Malik National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC recover money from guarantor or borrower
Consumer Law News Saradha scam: CBI interrogates Congress & Trinamool associates September 8, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Kolkata businessman Asif Khan, a former convenor of the Trinamool Congress’ Uttar Pradesh unit, and Badal Bhattacharya, a close aide of Congress leader Somen Mitra, Monday appeared before the CBI for questioning in the multi-crore rupee Saradha scam. Besides Bhattacharya and Khan, Prasanta Pramanik – the president of the Majhi & Dari Workers Union Dakshineswar […] Read more » Kolkata businessman Asif Khan Saradha scam scam kingpin Sudipta Sen Trinamool MP Kunal Ghosh
Consumer Law News Oriental Insurance Company Ltd to pay Rs 45K in burglary case September 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Oriental Insurance Company Ltd has been asked by the Delhi State Consumer Commission to pay Rs 45,000 to a business firm, which was insured with it, for the loss suffered in a burglary. New Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, comprising its judicial member S A Siddiqui, asked the insurance company to pay the amount, […] Read more » Delhi state consumer commission New Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Oriental Insurance Company Ltd
Consumer Law News Youth disabled in road accident gets over Rs 28 lakh compensation September 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 19-year-old youth, who suffered disability in a road accident involving a rashly driven DTC bus, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 28 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here. The tribunal directed United India insurance company Limited, with which the offending DTC bus was insured, to pay Rs 28,50,012 as […] Read more » MACT judge Ajay Kumar Jain Motor Accident Claims Tribunal Rs 28 lakh compensation Youth disabled in road accident
Consumer Law News Executives’ conduct: Bharti Airtel Ltd to pay Rs. 5 lakh September 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Irked by the “” of its executives towards customers, a consumer forum in Delhi has asked Bharti Airtel Limited to pay Rs. 5 lakh, saying it was a fit case for “punitive damages” to teach the company a “lesson”. The New Delhi Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, presided over by CK Chaturvedi, asked the company to […] Read more » Bharti Airtel Ltd to pay Rs. 5 lakh mischief conduct mischief conduct of OP1's representatives
