unfair trade practices Archives

Supreme Court| ‘Exclusion clause’ destroying the contract entered with knowledge, cannot be permitted to be used by a party who introduced it, to avoid liability

Supreme Court: In an appeal against the decision of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (‘NCDRC’), wherein the commission having

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission directs Zomato to compensate a student for mental agony sustained due to non-delivery of ordered food item

Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Kollam: While deciding upon the instant consumer complaint against Zomato for failing to deliver the food

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT| Shareholders can ratify Director’s Breach of Duty through a special resolution

Securities Appellant Tribunal, Mumbai: The Bench of Tarun Agarwala, J., Presiding Officer, and Meera Swarup, Technical Member, while allowing the appeals held

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCDRC | Consumer Protection Act, 2019 provides for hierarchy of Consumer Fora to deal with consumer complaints, depending upon pecuniary value of complaint; Complaint filed to demand disproportionate compensation only to inflate value of complaint — Dismissed

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): C. Viswanath (Presiding Member) while addressing the complaint reiterated the settled position of law, expressed that,

Case Briefs District Court

District Consumer Forum | Marriage bureau’s failure to find a match or arrange any meeting, held as ‘deficient service’ – directed to refund amount paid by complainant

District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, New Delhi: The Coram of Rekha Rani (President) and Kiran Kaushal (Member) allowed a case filed against

Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CompAT awarded compound interest 15% p.a. under erstwhile MRTP Act to the victim of Unfair Trade Practice by builder, prayer for delivery of possession rejected

Competition Appellate Tribunal: Deciding a transferred case under the erstwhile MRTP Act, 1969, the Competition Appellate Tribunal held that the delay in