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Govt tells cab aggregators to stop advance tipping before rides, calls practice misleading and unfairDue to concerns over misleading practices, the government has mandated that cab aggregators remove the option for advance tipping. Authorit...
Connaught Place restaurant charged Rs 80 extra as service fee without asking; GST was added on that charge too; CCPA orders it to pay Rs 10,000CCPA fined a restaurant in Connaught Place Rs 10,000 for automatically adding an Rs 80 service charge to a customer's food bill and applyin...
Rapido faces Rs 10 lakh penalty over ‘pay more, get a ride’ prompts, dark patterns in appThe Central Consumer Protection Authority fined Rapido Rs 10 lakh for misleading interface designs. Rapido used dark patterns like 'Confirm...
Indian consumer regulator escalates probe into Apple's software warranty termsIndia's consumer regulator is investigating Apple's software warranty terms. The iOS 18 update allegedly damaged iPhone functionality and r...
From borrowed rules to a bespoke rulebook: Can IFSCA create an international market conduct regime?The IFSCA announced on August 25, 2026, the implementation of new market abuse regulations, which will replace existing SEBI guidelines for...
Water bottle sold Rs 7 above MRP at temple shop, consumer court orders shopkeeper to pay Rs 7 lakhThe Kakinada district consumer commission has fined a shop licensee operating inside the Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Temple at An...
Bank of India ordered to pay Rs 15,000 to Kerala man after delay in releasing deceased wife's savingsA Kerala consumer commission ordered Bank of India to pay compensation. The bank delayed releasing a deceased woman's savings to her elderl...
7 years on, insurer ordered to pay Rs 8.06 cr to Swiss firm subsidiary in fire claim disputeA consumer commission ordered an insurer to pay over eight crore rupees to Victorinox India. The company's fire insurance claim was unfairl...
US finalises levies on solar cell imports from India, Indonesia, LaosThe US Commerce Department has finalised anti-dumping and countervailing duties on solar cells and panels from India, Indonesia and Laos, c...
Insurance company rejected Rs 3 lakh mediclaim saying it was an obesity treatment; court found the surgery also treats high BP, weight gain, knee pain; insurer ordered to pay Rs 3.5 lakhAn insurance company rejected a Rs 3.2 lakh mediclaim by calling a weight loss surgery an obesity treatment excluded under the policy. The ...
Customer challenged Rs 10 extra carry bag charge at Shoppers Stop; company said he knew bags were not free; consumer court ordes him to pay Rs 10,000A consumer commission in Hyderabad dismissed a man's complaint over being charged Rs 10 for a carry bag at Shoppers Stop, after finding he ...
Government amends e-commerce rules to check price manipulation, dark patterns, fake sponsored listingsNew e-commerce rules will take effect from January 1, 2027. These amendments aim to strengthen consumer protection and transparency in onli...
Customer books Bali tour but it gets cancelled due to Covid; after pandemic, travel agency keeps rescheduling it, court awards him Rs 1.12 lakh payoutA Kerala consumer commission ordered a travel agency to refund Rs 82,500. The agency failed to conduct a Bali tour or return the money for ...
Supreme Court directs SAT to revisit Cairn India buyback caseA Supreme Court bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan partly allowed Sebi's appeals against SAT's ruling and asked the tribunal...
Rs 5 lakh health insurance claim denied by insurer over waiting period for pancreatitis; here's why the policyholder's wife wonA health insurer cannot automatically reject claims using waiting-period clauses. The Mumbai Consumer Commission ruled that insurers must p...
Real estate firm promised Rs 60,000 every month for a Rs 17.5 lakh investment, paid Rs 30,000 for six months, then stopped; court orders company to pay client over 55 lakhA Hyderabad consumer commission has ordered a real estate company to pay over Rs 55 lakh to a customer after finding that it stopped honour...
Man ordered an iPhone Pro, instead received a fake Chinese phone with Apple logo; Court orders Flipkart to pay him Rs 1.7 lakhA Bulandshahr man who ordered an iPhone 14 Pro from Flipkart for Rs 1.43 lakh received a fake Chinese phone with a counterfeit Apple logo i...
Trump tariffs put a basic food ingredient in the crosshairs. An unlikely critic objectsUS President Donald Trump’s tariff regime has drawn an unlikely critic as the Orthodox Union warns proposed US duties on vegetable-based fa...
NSE’s mega IPO moves closer as SC approves Sebi settlementIn a pivotal decision, the Supreme Court has validated the National Stock Exchange’s settlement concerning the co-location and dark fibre m...
China-US spat at G20 largely came down to dispute over one wordA G20 finance meeting saw US and Chinese officials disagree over trade language. The core dispute centered on the phrase "non-market" polic...