US Supreme Court declined to hear Meta's challenge to Vermont social media addiction lawsuitThe US Supreme Court has refused to hear Meta's appeal. This allows a lawsuit against Meta's Instagram to proceed. Vermont's attorney gener...
26 May, 2026, 07.11 PM IST
Could cruise ship passengers sue over the hantavirus outbreak?Travelers on the MV Hondius find themselves with few legal recourses following a hantavirus outbreak. Oceanwide Expeditions, the company be...
13 May, 2026, 03.49 PM IST
US industry, lawmakers plead with Trump: Don't open door to Chinese cars at Xi summitU.S. industry groups and bipartisan lawmakers are urging President Trump not to allow Chinese auto investments, citing concerns over market...
11 May, 2026, 10.31 AM IST
Bank liable for wrong done by its employees: SC orders bank to compensate manSupreme Court holds District Cooperative Bank liable for employee actions, orders compensation of Rs 25,000 to a man after three decades. B...
06 May, 2024, 01.12 PM IST
Karnataka's state consumer courts cry for infrastructureGiven the constraints of the lone principal bench, a request was made to the state government for an additional bench three months ago.
06 Jun, 2017, 11.59 AM IST
Consumer forums filled with men backed by netas, bureaucrats, calls themselves 'judges': SC PanelA bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur had set up a committee under former SC judge, Justice Arijit Pasayat, to know the state of consu...
03 Nov, 2016, 10.41 AM IST
Jet Airways asked to pay compensation to flyerJet Airways's counsel told the forum that the complaint did not fall under the purview of consumer forum and that the complainant was not c...
29 Jul, 2016, 06.04 PM IST
CDRC to function from this month in BerhampurLawyers had been agitating since August,2014, for the circuit bench and this affected functioning of Ganjam district consumer forum.
15 Jul, 2015, 01.06 PM IST
Consumer rights campaigns fine, but district forums in sleep modeIn Manipur, many presidents of district forums do not know how to write orders. Several forums don't have postal stamps to send notices and...
20 Mar, 2015, 11.33 AM IST
EPFO asks its offices to focus on consumer forum casesIn view of rising complaints against it in district consumer forums, retirement fund body EPFO has asked its field formations to focus on t...
01 Mar, 2015, 02.07 PM IST
Consumer forums in Bengaluru in dire straitsNone of the four district consumer forums in Bengaluru city have been active for the last two years, as a result of which as many as 60,000...
26 Dec, 2014, 06.53 AM IST
Railways asked to pay Rs 10K for harassment to passengerIndian Railways has been directed by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 10,000 as compensation for the harassment suffered by a passenger.
23 Jun, 2013, 11.23 AM IST
- Unitech held guilty of unfair trade practice, told to pay Rs 6.6 lakh by consumer forum
Real estate firm Unitech has been held guilty of resorting to unfair trade practice by a consumer forum here and directed to pay Rs 6.6 lak...
09 Apr, 2012, 02.10 PM IST
- Standard Chartered Bank to pay Rs 55K to customer as damages
The District Consumer Forum (Central) gave the order on a complaint of Ajit Kumar that the bank had sent a bill demanding over Rs 90,000 an...
14 Feb, 2012, 02.53 PM IST
- Discom to pay Rs 10K to woman for inflated bill :Consumer forum
BSES Yamuna Power Ltd has been asked by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 10,000 to one of its customers as compensation for "harassing" her.
08 Feb, 2012, 03.33 PM IST
- ICICI Bank fined Rs 25,000, ordered to compensate customer
ICICI Bank has been slapped with a fine of Rs 25,000 by a Delhi district consumer forum for wrongly deducting Rs 40,578 from the account of...
18 Aug, 2011, 02.54 PM IST
- Forum asks HP to pay Rs 4,000 for deficiency in service
Technology major Hewlett Packard Limited has been directed by a consumer court here to either repair or replace a CD writer which was alleg...
03 Sep, 2010, 06.11 PM IST