Chandigarh, The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in Chandigarh has imposed a penalty of Rs 13,000 on a leading retail store for charging Rs 5 from a consumer for giving a paper carry bag to carry items that were shopped at the store. Terming the charging of Rs 5 for[Read More…]
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Ram Rahim claims he cannot pay Rs 30 lakh to rape survivors
Rape-convict Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s counsels have pleaded before the Punjab and Haryana high court that the Dera chief cannot pay Rs 30 lakh fine to rape survivor as he has renounced the world. According to The Indian Express, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Sudhir Mittal admitted the self-styled Godman’s[Read More…]
Delhi: HC allows a 40-year-old rape convict to walk free
The Delhi High Court set a 40-year-old rape convict free, reducing his sentence to seven years which he had already served behind the bars. The decision was initiated after considering that the conduct of the convict, who has a wife and two children to look after, has been satisfactory in[Read More…]
PWD slaps a fine of Rs 27 lakh on AAP for illegal occupation of bungalow
Delhi government’s Public Works Department (PWD) has slapped a fine of Rs 27 lakh on the AAP for illegal occupation of a bungalow in Rouse Avenue in Delhi. PWD handed out a notice to AAP national secretary Pankaj Gupta over its continuous occupation of 206, Rouse Avenue as party office.[Read More…]
NGT directs immediate closure of industries near Bengaluru lake
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed an immediate and complete closure of all industries around Bengaluru’s Bellandur Lake where a mound of garbage was set on fire in February 2017. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also banned dumping of any kind of municipal solid waste[Read More…]
Air India to impose fine on unruly passengers
Air India has formulated new guidelines to deal with unruly passengers with hefty fines up to Rs 15 lakh proposed. A new set of guidelines and fines have been drafted by the airline’s legal team which is awaiting approval from Air India’s Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani’s office, Air[Read More…]
Air India to slap fines for delaying flights
Gujarat Assembly amends law; life-term for cow slaughter
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on Friday enacted a harsher law for those found involved in cow-slaughtering in Gujarat. Now, there will be a life-term imprisonment for those involved in this crime. Interestingly, the decision is being taken just ahead of the assembly polls in the state. The BJP has set[Read More…]
Rs 10,000 fine for holding onto old notes
Holding more than 10 demonetised notes of Rs 500 or Rs 1000 will now be punishable with a minimum of Rs 10,000 fine, the government has said on Thursday. This comes a day after after the initial ruling had said that there would be a fine of Rs 50,000 and 4 years[Read More…]
Pay Rs. 4.5L for amputating kid’s fingers without consent: Consumer forum to doctor
The apex consumer commission on Tuesday directed a doctor, who runs a private hospital in Rajasthan, to pay ₹4.5 lakh to a minor boy for amputating his two fingers without seeking consent from his parents. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) also took note that the doctor, a West[Read More…]
Union government to impose heavy penalty on unnecessary honking
The Centre is planning to introduce new rules to check noise pollution as well as to impose hefty fines from up to Rs 1 lakh on the offender. As per the new rules, the driver of a motor vehicle shall not sound the horn needlessly. The rules are likely to[Read More…]