Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha
Appointed directly from the Bar as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Justice P.S. Narasimha’s tenure as an advocate and as a Judge boasts of several landmark cases.
Consumer Disputes
‘Completely erroneous to suggest vacations undermine speedy redressal of consumer disputes’; Delhi HC directs Department of Consumer Affairs to restore vacations in NCDRC
The Court stated that the notion that courts/tribunals have excessive vacations is a common myth, based on a complete misconception as regards judicial functioning and workload. Further, even on working days, judicial work is not confined to presiding over court proceedings and extends well beyond regular working hours.
Penalties imposed by NCDRC are regulatory in nature & do not constitute “debt” under IBC, 2016: Supreme Court
Permitting a stay on regulatory penalties under the guise of insolvency proceedings would undermine the very purpose of the CP Act and embolden errant developers to escape liability through insolvency proceedings.
Know Thy Judge | Supreme Court of India: Justice Aravind Kumar
Prior to his elevation to the Supreme Court, Justice Aravind Kumar, as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court initiated steps to tackle pendency of cases and initiated conversion of roadways buses into schools for poor children.
Supreme Court sets aside NCDRC order against YRF for not including ‘Jabra Fan’ song in movie; says promotional trailers not binding offers
“Promotional trailers are unilateral and are only meant to encourage a viewer to purchase the ticket to the movie, which is an independent transaction and contract from the promotional trailer. A promotional trailer by itself is not an offer and neither intends to nor can create a contractual relationship.”
What is the ambit of “Commercial Purpose” defined under Consumer Protection Act?: Supreme Court answers
Supreme Court, while going by the ordinary meaning of ‘commercial purpose’, said that ‘Commercial’ denotes “pertaining to commerce”. However, the Explanation clarifies that even purchases in certain situations for ‘commercial purposes’ would not take within its sweep the purchaser out of the definition of expression ‘consumer’
Complaints with ‘highly disputed questions of facts’ cannot be decided by Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission/Forum: Supreme Court
Supreme Court quashed the original complaint and said that respondent miserably failed to discharge his burden to prove deficiency in service on part of the bank.
Builder not giving possession on time; NCDRC slams with compensation for delay in delivery of possession
In another case of delayed possession of flats by builder in Gurugram, NCDRC directed the builder to compensate the homebuyers for delay and differences of brochure and builder homebuyer agreement.
DCDRC directs Facebook to run online scam related awareness advertisements on various media platforms in order to neutralize the effect of misleading ads on its page
“In today’s modern world of virtual life, most of the people are familiar with mobile technology which comes with great responsibility”
Supreme Court spells out if consumer fora can apply the New India Assurance company Ltd judgment prospectively and accept the written statement beyond 45 days
Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ has held that consumer fora has no jurisdiction and/or power
NCDRC | To determine pecuniary jurisdiction of District, State or National Commission which value of goods or services has to be considered? Commission elaborates
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): A Division Bench of R.K. Agrawal (President) and Dr S.M. Kantikar (Member), held that “…for detrmining the
NCDRC | Builder directed to deliver peaceful and vacant possession of flat to complainant; No third party interest in flat till consumer dispute decided by State Commission
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): The Bench of Justice V.K. Jain (Presiding Member) while deciding the issues revolving around purchase of
NCDRC | Reconsideration of a case by District Forum, though warranted, must not be directed if it results in miscarriage of justice to complainant
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC): A Coram of Justice R.K. Agrawal (President) and Dinesh Singh (Member), disposed of a case centered
Online fraud cases — Simple and Speedy Redressal of Consumer Disputes
The following information regarding Online Fraud Cases was provided by Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Danve