Consumer Law News Top Law News Madras HC rejects insurance firm plea against compensation May 17, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Madras High Court has held that not finding a person’s name in legal heir certificate of a road mishap victim cannot be a ground to deny him compensation in cases of accident claims. Justice S Vimala made the observation while dismissing recently a plea by Salem branch of the Oriental Insurance Company, challenging a […] Read more » Court featured insurance firm Law Legal News Madras High Court plea against compensation
Consumer Law News Top Law News Consumer forum raps DDA over “nepotism, high-handedness” May 4, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi Development Authority and its officials have been pulled up by a consumer forum here for “high-handedness and nepotism” in dealing with flat allottees, saying they behaved as if they were the final authority and the customers were “totally at their mercy”. While dealing with a case, the South Delhi district consumer disputes redressal […] Read more » Consumer forum Consumer Law news Court DDA Delhi Development Authority featured Law Legal News
Consumer Law News Top Law News Housewife renders services of skilled worker: Court May 1, 2017 / May 1, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A housewife renders services of a skilled worker, a Delhi court has observed. The observation was made by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here while awarding the compensation of Rs 30.63 lakh to a 32-year-old homemaker who lost one of her legs in a road accident four years ago. The woman, who was crossing […] Read more » Court featured Housewife renders services of skilled worker Law Legal News MACT Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
Consumer Law News Top Law News NCDRC refuses compensation to couple for stolen luggage April 26, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has set aside lower fora orders asking Railways to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to a couple for their stolen baggage, saying they failed to raise an alarm after the alleged theft. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) also said that the decision of the foras awarding the compensation […] Read more » apex consumer commission Court featured Law Legal News NCDRC refuses compensation for stolen luggage railways
Consumer Law News Top Law News Bombay HC asks railways to compensate woman who lost legs in mishap April 15, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has asked the Railways to take a decision on granting compensation to a woman who lost both her legs while trying to board a moving train at Khandala railway station two years ago. A division bench of justices Abhay Oka and Anil Memon, while hearing a petition filed by the victim, […] Read more » Bombay High Court compensation to woman who lost legs in mishap Court featured Indian Railways Law Legal News
Consumer Law News High Profile Cases Courts should take pragmatic view of rights of consumers: SC April 9, 2017 / April 9, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment It is necessary for courts to take a “pragmatic view” of the rights of consumers in disputes concerning them since customers are at a disadvantage as compared to service providers, the Supreme Court has said. The court noted that Parliament had enacted the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and provision of limitation in the Act cannot […] Read more » Consumer Protection Act 1986 consumers in disputes featured Justice Madan B. Lokur Justice P C Pant National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC
Consumer Law News Top Law News Railways to compensate employee for rejecting medical claim April 8, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Railways has been asked by the apex consumer commission to compensate an employee for rejecting his medical claim on the grounds that it was not an emergency situation when he took his wife to a private hospital. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) upheld Punjab state consumer commission’s order which had directed the […] Read more » Court featured Law Legal News medical claim National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC railways
Consumer Law News Top Law News Bihar-based university asked to pay for cancelling MBA course April 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has held a university in Bihar guilty of making an applicant suffer by “unauthorisedly” initiating an MBA course and then cancelling it. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), however, reduced the amount of Rs 4.5 lakh awarded to the man as compensation for loss of career opportunity by a district […] Read more » apex consumer commission BIHAR Court featured Law Legal News National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC university asked to pay for cancelling MBA course
Consumer Law News Top Law News NCDRC refuses compensation to man in medical negligence case April 5, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has rejected the plea of a man seeking compensation from a Punjab hospital for alleged negligence while operating on his fractured arm, saying the doctor could not be blamed for it. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), while denying the relief, also observed that there could have been failure on […] Read more » Compensation Court featured Law Legal News medical negligence case NCDRC Punjab hospital
Consumer Law News Top Law News Kin of rail mishap victim to get Rs 30 lakh compensation February 22, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A local court has directed the South Central Railway (SCR) and an insurance firm to pay Rs 30 lakh as compensation to the family members of a businessman, who was killed in a mishap in 2009. District and Sessions Judge V S Deshpande in a recent order has directed the SCR to pay a compensation […] Read more » Court featured insurance firm Kin to get Rs 30 lakh compensation Law Legal News rail mishap SCR South Central Railway
Consumer Law News Top Law News Unitech to refund Rs 3.33 crore to homebuyer January 30, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The apex consumer commission has directed real-estate major Unitech Hi-Tech Developers Ltd to pay over Rs three crore to a couple for failing to give them possession of an apartment booked under one of its housing projects at Noida in 2010. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) asked the firm to refund the payment […] Read more » apex consumer commission Court featured Law Legal News National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission NCDRC unitech Unitech Hi-Tech Developers Ltd
Consumer Law News Top Law News Mason gets compensation for unborn child killed in mishap January 28, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a significant judgement, a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal here has awarded a compensation of Rs 1.52 lakhs to a mason after his unborn child was killed in a road mishap that also left his wife dead in January 2007. President of MACT and Principal District Judge S M Gavhane recently ordered the four respondents […] Read more » compensation for unborn child Court featured Law Legal News MACT mishap Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
