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Failure To Provide Operational Reasons For Flight Cancellation, Chandigarh District Commission Holds Air India Liable
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-I, U.T. Chandigarh bench comprising Pawanjit Singh (President), Surjeet Kaur (Member) and Suresh Kumar Sardana (Member) held Air India liable for deficiency in services and unfair trade practices for cancellation of a flight without providing operational reasons which caused inconvenience to the Complainants. The bench directed Air India to...
Chandigarh District Commission Holds IRCTC, Northern Railways And Satyam Caterers Liable For Serving Soup With Dead Cockroach, Expired Bread
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-I, U.T. Chandigarh bench comprising Pawanjit Singh (President) and Suresh Kumar Sardana (Member) held IRCTC, Northern Railway and Satyam Caterers Pvt. Ltd liable for deficiency in services and unfair trade practices for serving hot soup with a dead cockroach and expired bread to the Complainant when he was travelling with his mother on...
Socks Branded 'MARC' Sold As ' Marc Jacobs' on Amazon, Chandigarh State Commission Holds Amazon, Its Seller Liable For Unfair Trade Practices
The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh bench comprising Justice Raj Shekhar Attri (President) and Mr Rajesh K. Arya (Member) held Amazon and its listed seller, V.K. Knitting Industries liable for unfair and restrictive trade practices for selling socks under the name of 'Marc Jacobs', which in reality had the branding of 'MARC'. Amazon continued to list it under Marc...
Tamil Nadu Govt Files Criminal Defamation Case Against K Annamalai & Edappadi Palaniswami For Statements Linking CM Stalin To Drug Peddling In State
The Tamil Nadu government has filed two criminal defamation cases in the Principal District and Sessions Court at Chennai against BJP State head K Annamalai and AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi Palaniswamy for their speeches linking Chief Minister MK Stalin to the rampant drug peddling in the State. Both Annamali and Palaniswami had made statements alleging that the Chief Minister...
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Moves Sessions Court Against Magisterial Court Orders Summoning Him In ED's Complaints
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved the sessions court challenging the orders of a magisterial court summoning him in the complaints moved by Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging non compliance of the summons issued to him by the agency in the alleged liquor policy scam.The matter will be heard today by Special CBI Judge Rakesh Syal of Rouse Avenue Courts. Kejriwal has challenged...
No More A Consumer In Insurance Claim If Car Is Sold To 3rd Party, Chandigarh District Commission Dismisses Complaint Against Future Generali
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-I, U.T. Chandigarh bench comprising Pawanjit Singh (President) and Surjeet Kaur (Member) dismissed a consumer complaint against Future Generali India Insurance Co. Ltd. noting that the Complainant had earlier already settled a claim with the insurance company on a net salvage basis and sold the vehicle to a third party, without informing...
Supreme Court Collegium Accepts Transfer Requests Of Delhi High Court's Justice V Kameswar Rao & Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva; Recommends Their Transfer
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Delhi High Court judges, Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva to Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh High Courts respectively.The collegium of the Apex Court headed by Chief Justice of India, Justice DY Chandrachud, has recommended the transfers in the interest of better administration of justice, upon individual requests made...
Transformer Explosion At Patna Civil Court Claims Two Lives, Several Injured
A tragic incident unfolded at the Patna Civil Court today when an unexpected transformer explosion claimed two lives. As per sources, one of them was a lawyer.The sudden outbreak of fire within the transformer, followed by a subsequent explosion, caused chaos within the court premises, prompting immediate action from the fire brigade, which rushed to the scene to douse the flames. The incident...
Fake Arms License Case | UP MP/MLA Court Sentences Ex-MLA Mukhtar Ansari To Life Imprisonment
A Special MP/MLA Court in Varanasi today sentenced politician Mukhtar Ansari to life imprisonment in a 36-year-old fake arms license case. He has been convicted under sections 467 r/w 120B as well as under Sections 420, 468 IPC. He was also convicted under Section 30 of the Arms Act.During the hearing, Ansari participated in court proceedings via video conferencing from Banda jail, where he...
GNLU Alumni Write To The University To Create Robust Institutional Mechanism To Deal With Sexual Harassment Complaints
Amidst the reports on sexual harassment faced by the students of Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), its Alumni have urged the University to create a 'robust institutional mechanism' for dealing with such complaints, including gender and sexuality discrimination and other unwelcome sexual conduct. Further, the Alumni also urged the University to clarify the circumstances...
'AILAJ' Writes To CJI DY Chandrachud Seeking Action Against Bareilly ADJ Over His Order Praising UP CM Yogi Adityanath
The 'All India Lawyers' Association For Justice' (AILAJ) has written to the CJI DY Chandrachud requesting action against ASJ, Bareilly Ravi Kumar Diwakar over a recent judicial order passed by him praising UP CM Yogi Adityanath and stating that "religious person in power gives good results". The letter to the CJI prays that the order by Judge Diwakar containing...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends 5 Additional Judges Of Allahabad High Court To Be Made Permanent
The Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday recommended that five Additional Judges of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, be appointed as permanent Judges. They are: Justice Saurabh Srivastava, Justice Om Prakash Shukla, Justice Mohd. Azhar Husain Idrisi, Justice Jyotsna Sharma, and Justice Surendra Singh-I. On 1 May 2023, the Collegium of the High...