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Ministry of Environment and Forests rebuked for providing false information to RTI applicant

Central Information Commission (CIC): While coming down heavily upon Ministry of Environment and Forests for rendering “false and misleading” information in response

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Death due to medical negligence, Government of Delhi directed to pay Rs 8 lakh compensation

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): While holding the doctors of one of the government hospitals, guilty of medical negligence, NCDRC has directed

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All India Motor Transport Congress penalized for hike in truck freight rates across the country on account of increase in diesel price

Competition Commission of India (CCI): While imposing a penalty of Rs.14.24 lakh on All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) for indulging in

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Complaint against Volkswagen Group alleging abuse of dominant market position, dismissed

Competition Commission of India (CCI): India’s competition watchdog, CCI had rejected a complaint filed by Delhi-NCR based Bhasin Motors alleging that Volkswagen

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Husband is not bound to maintain a well qualified wife who is sitting idle and not working

Family Court, Mumbai: Looking at the burden on the husband to provide maintenance to his wife even in cases where the wife

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Repudiation of claim on ground that complainant failed to prove that cause of death was a result of accidental injuries, upheld

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): NCDRC has upheld a repudiation of claim by an insurance company on the ground that complainant

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Pune Municipal Corporation directed to remove all debris from the Mutha riverbed

National Green Tribunal (NGT): Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has been directed by NGT to expeditiously remove all the debris dumped including embankments constructed

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Property details, investments and assets can be accessed by one’s spouse under RTI

Central Information Commission (CIC): “Though certain documents like annual returns of assets, investments, IT returns etc were earlier declared as private/ personal or

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Wife cannot oust her husband from the home on the ground that she pays EMI for the home loan

Family Court, Mumbai: Dealing as to whether a wife who pays EMI of home loan can oust her husband from the flat

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Aruna Asaf Ali Govt. Hospital directed to pay compensation for not providing medico-legal case report

Central Information Commission (CIC): CIC has directed Aruna Asaf Ali Government Hospital to pay a token compensation of Rs.7,000/ for making an injured

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Order revoking environmental clearance granted to Nirma Ltd. for its cement plant in Gujarat set aside

National Green Tribunal (NGT): NGT has allowed a petition filed by Nirma Ltd. challenging the order of Ministry of Environment and Forests

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Hindustan Motors Ltd. directed to provide new car to compensate car burnt due to manufacturing defect

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): While upholding the views of District Forum and Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, NCDRC has

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Compensation of two crores awarded to relatives of a person drowned in a Government swimming pool

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): NCDRC has awarded a cumulative compensation of Rs two crore to the relatives of a person,

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Cabinet note about the decision to establish a National Judicial Appointments Commission, directed to be disclosed

Central Information Commission (CIC): CIC has held that as soon as the final decision was taken with regard to the National Judicial

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Complaint alleging anti-competitive practices by 12 Banks in gold loan business, dismissed

Competition Commission of India (CCI): CCI has rejected an information filed by Muthoot Mercantile Ltd. alleging that 12 commercial banks including State Bank

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Land records are neither private information nor ‘third party’ information

Central Information Commission (CIC): “The land records containing the names of different owners and describing boundaries and extent of the land are public

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Builder entitled to forfeit the earnest money in default of payment of instalments

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC):While reiterating that builder would be entitled to forfeit the amount paid by way of installments in

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Complaint against Samsung India alleging unfair trade practices, dismissed

Competition Commission of India (CCI): CCI has dismissed a complaint filed against Samsung India, alleging unfair business practices with respect to sale

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Information regarding investigation against Reliance Industries into alleged short selling of shares, not to be disclosed

CIC has held that Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is allowed to withhold information regarding report of enquiry officer in

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Penalties imposed upon Airtel and Vodafone by Department of Telecommunications, set aside

Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT): Rs 650 crore fine on Bharti Airtel as well as Rs 100 crore on Vodafone