Grahakjago (S.K.Virmani)©

While Madras High Court has ruled that Woman filing of a false case against the husband is "Guilty of cruelty" and granted Divorce on this ground but it is also equally surprising that despite the Honable Court proved that the woman is guilty of filing a false case and is a cruelty to the husband, still no punishment to the woman. Unless and until such woman and her beloved family is punished for such criminal action, such issues would be on uncontrollable rise. Yes the corruption in the police would also be on rise.

Rs. 15 Lakhs damages imposed on Bank for Leakage of bank account information Citi Bank has been ordered by State Commission, Delhi to pay Rs. 15,00,000/- to the customer as damages for leaking his bank account information. The complainant has complained that his statement of account has been un-authorisedly and illegally leaked by the bank officials by supplying copies of the statements to a third party which his opposite party produced in the civil court at Delhi in a private dispute pending against him. The Bank maintained that statements in question filed by the complainant are on a plain paper while the bank usually furnishes such statement of accounts on their official stationary.                 Commission observed that in any case, the copies of account of the complainant were produced before the Civil Court; such accounts are universally treated as confidential account and are not supposed...

Kya kabhie Gold installment mein mil sakta hai? Dear Friends, I have come across several advertisements by Tanishq and PC Jewellers which mainly says "Pay in 11 installment and get last installment free".  In my view the said advertisement comes under the category of "misleading advertisement"   as explained below: 1. The said advertisement says   "Pay in 11 installment and get the last one free" . The term   "installment"   is used where the product has been purchased and the payment is deferred and is made in agreed future installment and is with reference to the paying after the product has been purchased. The terms installment is defined as   " installment  - a payment of part of a debt; usually paid at regular intervals" 2. I have discussed with Tanishq on the said installment scheme who had explained to me that the perspective buyer is required to pay in advance like a recurring deposit kind of scheme for 11 months and ...

क्या आप समझते हैं की ट्राई के नये कानून से अनचाही कॉल्स या मैसेज की समस्या खत्म हो जायेगी? अभी हाल ही में टेलीकाम रेगुलेटरी अथॉरिटी ने अनचाही कॉल व मैसेज में रोक लगाने के लिए एकबार फिर से प्रयास किया है वा नये कानून बनाये हैं। कानून तो पहले भी बनाये गये थे पर नतीजा क्या था। फिर भी लोग इन मार्केटिंग कम्पनियों के मैसेज से दुखी रहते थे। इस बारे में मैने पहले भी 8 अगस्त 2012 को ट्राई का ध्यान आकर्षित किया था और उसमे मैने पहले कहा था कि इस समस्या की जड़ क्या हैउस पर तो ध्यान नही दिया और कोई नया कानून बना दिया। क्या आप समझते हैं कि नये कानून से यह समस्या खत्म हो जायेगी। मेरे हिसाब से तो नही। जब तक कोई शिकायत करने का आसान प्रावधान नही होगा यह समस्या कंट्रोल होने की बजाये बढेगी। मेरे 8 अगस्त के लेख में भी यही लिखा था। हाँ हमारी टेलिकॉम कंपनिया जरूर खुश है क्योंकि पहले टेली मार्केटिंग कंपनी एक या दो पैसे में मैसेज भेजते थे अब वही 100 मेसेजस भेजने के बाद प्रति मैसेज की दर 50 पैसे कर दी हैं। एक बात और इस कानून से विधार्थी वर्ग जरूर प्रभावित होगा क्योंकि वो अब एक मेसेज को एक घंटे...

Do you feel that the latest TRAI regulations of unsolicited commercial communications is going to save you from telemarketing calls? An article : Are you still getting disturbed from Telemarketers despite strong regulations by TRAI- Why so?                     was published on this blog and the attention of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was also drawn about the problems being faced by the mobile users from telemarketing calls. We are thankful to TRAI for their intervention in making regulations further rigid. Thanks to the telemarketers who were also creating nuisance to Hon'able Mr. Kapil Sibal, Minister through such telemarketing messages. However, the basic issue of unregistered telemarketers may not get addressed which is the main source of all such nuisance. Merely by increasing the cost of the SMS from 100 nos. onwards is not going to get relief to the telemarket...

!!!! Insurance companies are not liable to compensate if the victim is at fault !!! This particular post is for those vehicle drivers who are intentionally or unintentionally driving the vehicles in violation of traffic rules, driving on the wrong side or in the no entry zone or the roads where some category of the vehicles are prohibited to be driven. One of the glaring example is the DF Skyway at Badarpur or National Highway 8 where it is understood that the two wheelers and bikes are not allowed to be driven. Despite such prohibition, many such vehicles are being driven violating the instructions and also they do not care about the signals of the marshals. In a recent court judgement, Delhi High Court ruled that the insurance companies cannot be held liable to compensate a road mischap victim or if he dies, his family , if the accident takes place because of his negligence and someone else also gets injured. If the accident takes place because of the wrongful act, neglect or d...

I have been in receipt of SMS from one of the mobile number which read as under: "CONGRATS!!!; YOUR MOBILE NO. HAVE WON 700,000GBP IN CNN UK 9TH ANNIVERSARY MOBILE DRAW. CONTACT CNNNEWSONLINE@XBMAIL.COM WITH UR NAME, ADDRESS & NUMBER FOR DELIVERY. FROM: 8285359647 " This is not the first time message and such messages keeps on landing at various mobile users and not only the mobile users but also through emails. I have reasons to believe such messages to be of fraudlent nature and therefore have been advising through various medai like facebook, newsletter to all users not to respond to such messages.  The modus operandii is that on seeking details from the receipient, they would be contacting and try to convince that the recipient has won the prize money and would seek some money to be deposited in one of their account towards processing fee. As is the nature of human, the person fall prey to such frauds in a very easy manner and start depositing the mone...

Multiplexes cannot over charge for cold drinks, etc ."  directed by   Competition Commission of India  in a case  UTPE-99/2009 & RTPE-16/2009  on 23 rd  May 2011 under  Section 27 of the Competition Act: 1) M/s Inox Leisure Limited and M/s Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd are directed to immediately stop from charging discriminatory prices from the customers. 2) The discriminatory conditions mentioned in the agreement dated 10.06.2008 and any other subsequent agreement to this effect be changed immediately to allow other competitors of the same product within the premises of multiplex owned by ILL. 3) A penalty of 5% of the average of the turnover for the last three preceding financial years is imposed upon M/s ILL and HCCBPL for deliberately entering into exclusive supply agreement to foreclose the competition and driving the competitors out of the market. The above directions have been issued on two separate compl...