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Moneylife Digital Team 29 July 2026
Russia has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities, accusing the messaging platform of failing to remove content allegedly used by Ukrainian special services and terrorist and extremist organisations to coordinate sabotage, terrorism, mass killings and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 29 July 2026
Holding that ambiguity in an insurance policy cannot be used to deny legitimate claims, the national consumer disputes redressal commission (NCDRC) has directed Liberty Videocon General Insurance Company Ltd to pay the full ₹5 lakh personal accident insurance amount to the widow of a deceased...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 28 July 2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested that the Union government formally define digital arrest in criminal laws and declare it a standalone offence with harsher punishments.   A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was hearing a suo...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 July 2026
Public sector lender Bank of Baroda (BoB) has disclosed that it is investigating a cybersecurity incident after receiving a communication from an anonymous source claiming access to certain data. The Bank said preliminary findings indicate that the incident involved a business email compromise...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 July 2026
In a significant step to improve the efficiency of India's consumer dispute resolution system, the Supreme Court has permitted states with fewer than 1,000 pending consumer cases to abolish some district consumer commissions and transfer those cases to serving judicial officers, subject to the...

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Picture this: your bank account, your digital wallet, every photo you've ever taken, your emails, your identification (ID) documents, your social media, even your mobile phone number itself — gone. Not over weeks but within minutes.   Sounds like the setup for a thriller, doesn't...

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Shirish Shanbhag 23 July 2026
The smooth functioning of a cooperative housing society (CHS/the Society) depends not only on clear bye-laws but also on a proper understanding of the legal rights and obligations of its members. Many disputes arise not because the law is unclear, but because assumptions are made about...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 July 2026
Holding that Qatar Airways acted arbitrarily by denying boarding to two minor children during their return journey from India to Italy despite permitting them to travel on the same documents earlier, the Ernakulam district consumer disputes redressal commission (DCDRC) has directed the airline...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 July 2026
In a stern warning to Haryana-based Parsvnath Developers and its directors, the Supreme Court granted the real estate company one final week to comply with orders passed in favour of home-buyers in its Gurugram housing project, making it clear that failure to do so would lead to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 July 2026
More than ₹7,318 crore of policyholders' money remains unclaimed with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), while ₹9,330.56 crore is lying in inoperative employees' provident fund (EPF) accounts, the Union government informed the Lok Sabha on Monday.   Replying to an unstarred...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 July 2026
The central consumer protection authority (CCPA) has initiated suo motu action against 41 restaurants across the country for allegedly levying service charges by default on customers' bills without their explicit consent, saying the practice violates consumer rights and amounts to an unfair...

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just helping people write emails, summarise documents or generate images. The same technology is also making life much easier for cybercriminals. The biggest concern is not that AI has suddenly created new types of cybercrime. Rather, it is dramatically...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 July 2026
The smooth functioning of a cooperative housing society (CHS/the Society) depends as much on following due process as it does on maintaining harmony among its members. Whether a managing committee is dealing with redevelopment, regulating the use of common amenities or addressing complaints of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 July 2026
In what is believed to be India's first consumer court ruling linked to the nationwide rollout of E20 petrol, the Raipur district consumer disputes redressal commission has directed Maruti Suzuki India Ltd and the company's dealer Nexa Magneto Sky Auto Mobiles to replace a Grand Vitara Strong...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 July 2026
Nearly six in 10 owners of petrol vehicles purchased in 2023-24 have reported that their vehicles are delivering more than 10% lower fuel efficiency since early 2025, prompting LocalCircles to call for an investigation into possible petrol adulteration or contamination in the fuel supply...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 July 2026
Instamart has partnered with state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) to introduce on-demand liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder delivery on its quick commerce platform, beginning with Bengaluru. The companies said the initiative marks the first time LPG cylinders will be...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 July 2026
The central consumer protection authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of ₹1 lakh on SpiceJet for using pre-ticked checkboxes on its ticket-booking platform to automatically enrol customers in its loyalty programme and obtain consent for promotional communications without their explicit...

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Giti Pratap (Bar  and   Bench) 15 July 2026
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday remarked that furnishing Aadhaar details should not prima facie be mandatory for registering on the DigiYatra platform [CR Neelakandan v. Union of India & Ors.].   A Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar VM made the observation...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 July 2026
The central bureau of investigation (CBI) has filed its 16th charge-sheet in the ongoing investigation into alleged large-scale cheating of home-buyers, naming Noida-based builder and developer Saha Infratech Pvt Ltd, the company directors, and officials of HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank in...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 14 July 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on the alleged failure to enforce orders passed by the Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HRERA) while hearing a plea by homebuyers of the Parsvnath Exotica project in Sector 53, Gurugram.   A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant,...

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