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Investors as Consumers
Can they get relief under the Consumer Protection Act?   Can an investor seek relief...
Investors, Consumers, Consumer Protection Act, COPRA, NCDRC
Privacy, trespass, technology, protection, reasonableness—how to balance all of...
Consumer forums may not come to your rescue in case of admission to educational...
Consumer forums, educational institutions, NCDRC
… And a sense of humour   It is not usual for us to copy-paste from others’ work;...
humour, baker, court, bread
Market regulator seeks to make listed companies disclose more   Market regulator...
SEBI, Market regulator, investors, investor protection
Can one pin-point an evil mind in all cases of cheque bouncing?   There are two types...
cheque bouncing, civil courts, Criminal courts, Crime,
SEBI proposes to amend ‘Takeover Regulations’   Many investors would have suffered...
SEBI, regulations, partly paid-up shares, forfeiture of shares, shares
The perils of delay in most judicial systems   English is a funny language. The...
delay, time loss, semantics, lawyer, judge,
Companies Act threatens to take away protection from minority shareholders   Alittle...
Companies Act, SEBI, delisting of securities, delisting of equity shares
When doctors are sued for malpractice   Doctors are, often, at the receiving end...
doctors, malpractice, insurance premium, health insurance, operation
Don’t make false declarations in insurance proposal or your family will have to...
honesty, false declarations, G Sahsi Kalavathamma, LIC, insurance claim, NCDRC,
Would you punish a person for having a happy monkey as a pet?   Igatpuri...
monkey, monkey business Wildlife Protection Act
The developer has to prove the genuineness of cost escalation before passing the burden on to...
home-buyers, real estate, builder, developer, NCDRC, district forum
An old poem and the law   At school, we were taught a poem where a loose nail in a...
Andrea Cammelleri, Ohio, parking citation, drafting of laws, you be the judge
Black money law may end up harassing honest small taxpayers   Black money has been...
black money, black money law, taxpayers, foreign income,
An obnoxious rule is corrected by a new law that should have come ages ago   ‘G ood...
Good Samaritans, Supreme Court, savelife foundation,
When the police is held in contempt   The High Court at Hyderabad is housed in a...
high court, Contempt of court, Naxalism, criminal contempt
Consumer courts can see through inflated figures for damages and compensation   The...
consumer courts, NCDRC. consumer protection act, Harsoria Healthcare, Neeraj Gupta, Royal Jordanian Airlines, Ibibo Group
If there is a malady, there must be a remedy. So who pays?   The European nations...
ships, vessels,
Will stricter rules by the regulator make any difference?   Insider trading denotes...
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