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Haj pilgrims not ‘consumer’ under Section 2(1)(d) of the Consumer Protection Act, cannot claim compensation

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): The perusal of the ‘Green’ guidelines for Haj-2008 in its clause 18 gave clarity on “Haj

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NHRC issues notice to West Bengal Govt over reported killing of a political worker in Purulia

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC): The NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that a boy, belonging to Dalit Community

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NHRC notice to DGP, Uttar Pradesh over reported illegal detention and torture of minor girl at a police station in NOIDA

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC): The NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that a 14 year old girl was

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CCI decides Lesser Penalty cases relating to tenders of Pune Municipal Corporation

Competition Commission of India (CCI): The CCI has passed final order in two cases involving bid rigging/collusion in three tenders floated by

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Application under Section 7 of I&B Code is to be rejected only after giving opportunity to rectify defect

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal: Order of the Adjudicating Authority rejecting the application filed by the petitioners under Section 7 of the

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NHRC to send its investigation team to conduct an on the spot inquiry into police firing killing more than 11 protestors in Tuticorin

National Human Rights Commission: The NHRC has decided to send its own team of officers for making a fact finding inquiry/ investigation

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Debtor, RP not to be held responsible for failure of Resolution Plan in absence of evidence

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): Where an application to initiate Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (“CIRP”) was moved by the bank-financial creditor,

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CIC refuses to interfere with cases similar to sub judice matters

Central Information Commission (CIC): The appellant had approached the Chief Public Information Officer (“CPIO”) at the University of Delhi, asking for details

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Mere assurance of loan by Manager is not a ground to challenge actual loan sanctioned

National Consumer Disputes Resolution Commission (NCDRC): The appellant applied to the respondent bank for a loan of Rs 9,00,000, but only a

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Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process to be ordered only upon the existence of default, not merely debt

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): The NCLAT has held that initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (“CIRP”) must be ordered only

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Mere existence of disciplinary proceeding no reason for denying information

Central Information Commission: The appellant had requested the following information regarding the disciplinary case against him, from the CPIO, Dept. Of Posts: 1.

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NHRC issues notice to Gujarat Govt over reported death of a Dalit rag picker due to beating in Rajkot

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC): The NHRC has taken suo motu cognizance of media report that a 40 year old Dalit rag

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Advice on conflicting blood group reports within Right to Information and Right to Life

Central Information Commission (CIC): The appellant conducted blood group determination test 8 times in both government and privately-owned hospitals, situated in Agra

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‘Opinion’ or ‘advice’ in Section 2(f) of RTI Act refers to such information as is available in public records

Central Information Commission: An appeal from the response of CPIO, Ministry of Human Resource and Development, was dismissed by Bimal Julka, Information

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Time period between admission of company for Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process and knowledge of Resolution Professional can be excluded from time limit

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT): The NCLAT heard an appeal against the order passed by the National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai

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NCDRC: Person who has paid earnest money can be considered ‘consumer’

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (“NCDRC): The NCDRC has held that in transactions where a person has paid an advance amount to show

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NCLT: Rejects appeal for liquidation after failure of Resolution Professional and Committee of Creditors to fulfil their duties

National Company Law Tribunal: The Ahmedabad Bench of NCLT rejected a liquidation application made to it uNDER Section 33(2) of the Insolvency

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SAT: Extension provided for dilution of shareholding not to be construed as an extension for compliance with MPS norms

Securities Appellate Tribunal: The SAT has held that an extension provided by the Board of Industrial Finance Reconstruction (“BIFR”) to dilute shareholding

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PIO required to show application of mind in information supplied and not mechanically forward information provided by subordinates

Central Information Commission (CIC): The CIC recently directed Public Information Officers to abstain from forwarding information received from their subordinates to the RTI

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Tata Steel’s resolution plan for corporate debtor Bhushan Steel approved by NCLT

National Company Law Tribunal: The Principal Bench comprising of CJ (Retd.) M.M. Kumar, President and S.K. Mohapatra, Member, accepted and approved the