Grahakjago (S.K.Virmani)©

Is it Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG cylinder in tune to what is being projected to the Public or is to befool them?                                                                                                                             Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt. of India brought out a scheme of Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG cy...

Surveyor’s Report on the assessment of loss is not the final and deduction on account of Excess Clause is not valid if the policy holder has not been supplied policy terms and conditions.   National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in the judgement passed in a case of Uni Ply Industries vs. New India Assurance Co. Ltd. on 16 th July 2013 upheld the findings of State Commission. The Insurance Company had filed the revision petition No. 342 of 2013 (a gainst the concurrent finding of both the District Consumer Forum and State Commission holding the insurance company liable for deficiency in service in terms of the impugned order passed on 10.10.2012 by the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Haryana, Panchkula in FA No.441/2008.  By its order, the State Commission dismissed the appeal of the petitioner Co. and upheld the order dated 3.1.2008 passed by the District Forum, Yamuna Nagar in consumer complaint No...

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 suppo...