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Pettition to Department of Consumer Affairs for intervening in stopping unfair business by major retailers like Lifestyle, Shoppers Stop, Myntra, Jabong, Pantaloons, Home Saaz etc.

Petition to Department of Consumer Affairs for intervening in stopping unfair business by major retailers like Lifestyle, Shoppers Stop, Myntra, Jabong, Pantaloons, Home Saaz etc.  Dear Readers, I have been bringing to the notice of Govt. of India about the unfair business being carried out by major retailers like Lifestyle, Shoppers Stop, Myntra, Jabong, Pantaloons, Home Saaz etc. Several articles have been written on this blog since 2014, The copy of the Posts were being mailed to the respective retailers.However, the practice still continues as on date. The unfair business practices of these retailers are being derived out of charging taxes on the discounted sale price. The discounted sale price after factoring with the discount rate become revised MRP and hence charging of any tax on the MRP is unfair trade practices. Hon'able State Commission and Hon'able National Commission have already termed charging of tax on such discounted prices as unfair business practice...

Are you also paying VAT on the discounted prices offered by retailers/ brands?

An article titled "Illegal charging of VAT on discounted prices by brands/retailers" was published on 2nd July 2014 in this blog, the link of which is http://skvirmani-jagograhak.blogspot.in/2014/07/illegal-charging-of-vat-on-discounted.html Now the Hon'able National Commission has adjudicated that the charging of VAT on the discounted prices is unfair business practices and amounts to overcharging. The brief of the judgement is as: The addition of VAT on discounted price amounts to overcharging and unfair trade practice National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, (NCDRC) New Delhi in Revision Petition No.3156 of 2016 of BENETTON INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED (Petitioner) V s. RAVINDER SINGH (Respondent/Complainant) upheld the order of the State Commission and District forum directing the BENETTON INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED to pay compensation of Rs.5000/- to the complainant besides Rs.1000/- against cost of litigation.   The respondent complainant on 11.07.2014 pu...

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.

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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...