The panel observed that the complainant would be entitled to initiate execution proceedings Gurgaon: Holding a hospital and a health insurer guilty of deficiency in service, District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC) has directed them to jointly pay over Rs 11 lakh to a city resident along with interest, compensation and litigation costs.Yashoda Superspeciality Hospital,…
The order was issued on a complaint filed by V Ashok Kumar from Kudappanakunnu in Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram: The state human rights commission has ruled, in line with Supreme Court guidelines, that a criminal case can be registered against a private hospital only if an expert medical panel establishes that negligence has occurred.Commission chairperson Justice Alexander…
Contractual provisions were “arbitrary, one-sided and unequal” and could not be enforced where consumers lacked equal bargaining power, the commission held Gurgaon: Holding that blanket “no-refund” clauses in coaching institute contracts cannot override consumer rights, the district consumer disputes redressal commission has directed FIITJEE Ltd to refund Rs 1,15,650 to a family after their son…
Noida: The district consumer commission has ordered the RWA of Kendriya Vihar-II in Sector 82 to pay Rs 1 lakh in compensation to a resident, holding it responsible for failing to tackle stray dog menace that led to a four-year-old girl being mauled inside the housing society.Calling it a “deficiency in service”, the commission ruled…
Chandigarh: A major lapse in question paper setting has come to light at Panjab University, with the university withdrawing 30 questions from its LLM entrance examination after finding them outside the notified syllabus. The move has effectively reduced the test from 100 to 70 questions.The decision follows objections raised by candidates after the June 19…
NEW DELHI: A consumer commission in Himachal Pradesh has directed a retailer to refund the price of a packet of instant noodles and pay compensation to a man whose minor daughter fell ill after eating the expired product, in its order on July 6.what was the dispute aboutThe complainant, Jugal Kishore, bought a packet of…
Noida: The state consumer commission has set aside a 21-year-old order passed by the district forum in Lucknow, ruling that the forum had no jurisdiction to hear the matter as it involved criminal issues requiring detailed adjudication.Prem Kishore Singh bought a plot that was allegedly located on a green belt from one Deepali Agrawal in…
Dharwad: The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Dharwad, has granted relief to a senior citizen who was denied registration of a residential plot despite making substantial payment towards its purchase.Mallamma Doddagoudar, a resident of Haliyal Naka in Dharwad, had booked Plot No. 19 in the Golden City layout being developed at Sutagatti village. The plot…
4 min readNew DelhiJun 13, 2026 09:00 AM IST A Delhi man who lost Rs 80,000 through unauthorised transactions after his SBI debit card got stuck in an ATM had to wait nearly 10 months and approach a consumer forum before the money was refunded. Taking note of the delay, a district consumer commission recently…
Mohali: The Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Rera) has directed a builder to refund excess maintenance charges of Rs 5.45 lakh collected from allottees and obtain mandatory Completion and Occupation Certificates, while allowing a complaint filed by a residents’ body.The authority also ordered the builder to provide all promised amenities as per the project brochure and…
