Consumer court judgements
LIC pulled up, asked to pay Rs 1.06 L for harassing claimant
Life Insurance Corporation has been pulled up by a consumer forum here for \"knowingly harassing\" the widow of a policy holder by denying her claim and directed to pay her Rs 1.06 lakh. The New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum noted ...
Rs. 1 lakh for Mumbai woman who had breast removed after wrong diagnosis
A district consumer forum, which the patient approached, has held the doctor and the hospital guilty for deficiency of services and for not taking proper precautions while conducting a diagnosis. The forum has ordered the hospital and the doctor to ...
Consumer forum asks school to refund fee
The Pune District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum president V P Utpat and member S M Kumbhar have directed Vibgyor High School, Mohammedwadi to refund Rs 40,000 along with Rs 10,000 compensation and Rs 1,000 towards suit charges to a ...
Bank of Maharashtra asked to pay for mediclaim loss
Chief of Pune District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, VP Utpat, and Forum member SM Kumbhar have directed Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) to pay Rs16,000 to Shukrawar Peth resident who did not get mediclaim benefits owing to neglect of the Bank.
Consumer court slams HUDA attempt to penalise allottee
The apex consumer court has said that it is unfair on the part of a land owning agency to keep an open-ended clause in its allotment letter that does not lay down a time limit for handing over a plot. The decision came in the case of a Gurgaon plot ...
Thane builder told to hand over flat to buyer, fined Rs 1 lakh
Holding a builder guilty of being deficient in service, the Thane District Consumer\'s Disputes Redressal Forum has imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on him for not giving possession of a flat to a buyer. The forum also ordered that in case the builder ...
Consumer forum holds Baddi firm deficient in service
The Fatehgarh Sahib district consumer disputes redressal forum has directed GC Beverages Private Limited based at Baddi in Himachal to pay Rs. 15,000 to Manoj Gupta of Sirhind town in Mandi Gobindgarh. Complainant Manoj had told the forum that he ...
Consumer court directs travel agency to pay compensation
The Consumer Forum President Deivaraj and member Lakam, who took up the case, said the travel agent did not appear in the court though summons were issued to the travel agency. They held that the travel agency was responsible for deficiency of service ...
Forum orders Samsung to refund price of cellphone in Pune
The Pune District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has ruled that a mobile company is liable to refund money to a consumer if an application mentioned in the handbook is malfunctioning. The forum recently directed Samsung India Electronics to refund f ...
Bank pulled up for honouring cheques without verification
A bank has been rapped up by the Thane district consumers forum for casual approach in dealing with customer funds and honouring cheques without due verification and has asked the concerned officials to pay a compensation of Rs 2.9 lakh to the ...
Airtel, Sunil Mittal told to pay Rs 1.5 lakh to subscriber
NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel and its promoter Sunil Mittal have been directed by a consumer forum here to pay Rs 1.5 lakh as compensation to a subscriber, who was not able to avail the free trips he was entitled to on buying connections of the telecom company.
Consumer forum asks ICICI to pay Rs 28 lakh
The UT States Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum directed the ICICI Bank Ltd to refund to two residents an amount of 26 lakh along with a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for mental agony and physical harassment and cost of litigation to the tune of Rs 25,000.
Nissan directed to replace defective car
NEW DELHI: A consumer forum here has directed the Indian arm of Japanese automobile company Nissan Motors to either replace a defective car sold to a doctor or refund its cost. The East District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum held Nissan Motors ...
Farmer gets Rs 50000 compensation from agri-firm towards loss
The Thane District Consumers Disputes Redressal Forum has awarded a compensation of Rs 50,000 to a farmer from Sahapur here for losses suffered by him due to deficiency in services by an agricultural machine firm, which provided him with a power tiller ...
Idea directed to pay Rs 40000 as compensation for \'unfair trade practice\'
A consumer forum has directed Idea Cellular to pay its subscriber a sum of Rs 40,000 as compensation for disconnecting her mobile services without prior notice and alloting her number to someone else, reports the Times of India. The complainant ...