A bank cannot be asked to pay the amount of a misplaced cheque unless it is proved that the instrument has been encashed by a third person, the Delhi Consumer Commission said.At the most, the bank can be held liable to pay compensation for the negligence in misplacing the cheque, the Commission said.
Not informing the complainant about the payable charge... amounts to deficiency in service, said the consumer forum.
'Like people say in China they have legalised corruption. You have to pay commission for everything and commission is legalised. People say the same should be done in India, then corruption will not be a problem. It will be an acceptable route and bribes can be paid by cheque.' Badri Narayan, one of India's leading thinkers, in an outspoken interview.
The law of diminishing returns catches up as one goes up the ladder.
Status to enable Arvind Panagariya to attend Cabinet meetings.
"The amount of both the family pensions will now be restricted to Rs 1,25,000 per month, which is over two and half times higher than the earlier limit," said Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel.
'We failed as a country because those who should have been there to say goodbye did not show up.'
'When the Executive can do whatever they want, why bother having an election?'
The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission.
'Gruha Lakshmi Yojana' is an attempt of the Congress party to share the 'burden of the exorbitant' LPG prices and the 'costly daily expenses' that a woman has to bear, the party said.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday warned of legal action against Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her social media post, in which she accused the saffron party-led government in the state of indulging in corruption.
Chosen for the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna a day ahead of his birth anniversary, Karpoori Thakur has been the veritable 'Jan Nayak' or people's hero of politics in Bihar, whose legacy parties cutting across ideologies seek to claim.
The strike is to protest against the airline companies' decision to stop paying commission to agencies in return for travel bookings from November 1.
The Plan Panel was set up by a simple government resolution in March 1950 had withstood many political and economic upheavals.
Railways to have functional autonomy, bear salary burden
TCS chief operating officer N Ganapathy Subramaniam earned over Rs 11.61 crore in FY19 as compared to Rs 9.29 crore last fiscal.
In a post on X, the prime minister also urged the people to make contributions to the Armed Forces Flag Day fund.
In the present times of job uncertainties and layoffs, the lure of bureaucracy is clear.
Farm activists say low MSP is fine, if salaries revised under the Sixth Pay Commission are lowered.
Abdullah issued a white paper on development undertaken in Jammu and Kashmir during the rule of "Abdullah and Sons" -- as Shah referred the family in his speech at a rally in Baramulla district -- to counter the allegations of corruption.
The strike by a section of employees of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for a pay hike was called off on Tuesday evening following "positive assurance" on the issue from the Maharashtra government, bringing relief to citizens affected by the stir.
The West Bengal government is committed towards compensating the losses suffered by chit fund investors in the wake of the Saradha Group's collapse, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena to take strict action over the murder of a minor girl in Shahbad Dairy in Delhi and said it was his responsibility to maintain law and order in the city.
RBI said more monetary transmission to support growth continues to be critical.
Many flocked to Buenos Aires's tattoo parlors to commission designs depicting Lionel Messi.
Many senior citizens fail to disclose certain incomes like interest, commissions, or dividends in their ITRs.
"The polluter must pay and polluter will pay. Studies by different institutions have been commissioned for ascertaining the impact of the oil spill on the fishery sector and other economic losses," said Ramesh, replying to questions on the oil spill resulting from the collision of vessels on August 7.
ICICI Bank has been directed by a Consumer Commission to pay over Rs one lakh to a businessman after payments made to him for goods purchased by customers through credit cards failed to get credited into his account.
He allegedly hired a contract killing gang to eliminate Ramakrishnaiah, a police official said.
The government on Tuesday made it clear that 'polluter must pay' for the environmental and maritime losses arising out of the collision of the two ships off Mumbai coast early this month.
'We went from zero to about 10 million users in three months. Paytm came out with the wallet play and we came out with the UPI play.'
The DA hike will take effect from July 1.
In an interview with Business Standard, days before the announcement of the Railway Budget for 2011-12, Financial Commissioner Samar Jha hopes that the railways would tide over the crisis soon, as the impact of the Sixth Pay Commission recomendations dissipates and earnings improve. Edited excerpts:
'He should not come to Kerala and fight against the CPI which is an integral part of the INDIA alliance'
'The fiscal deficit target of 3.9 per cent of GDP seems achievable.'
'Nitish Kumar is fooling the people of Bihar.' 'He will not probe anything because if he does so, he will be trapped himself.'
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has sent a letter to the Pilibhit District Election Officer seeking necessary action against Bharatiya Janata Party MP.
The State Election Commission on Friday informed the Calcutta high court that it has requisitioned 822 companies of central forces for the July 8 panchayat polls in West Bengal.
The Karnataka government on Wednesday decided to conduct an inquiry into the violence in parts of the city on Tuesday night, in which at least three people were killed and scores of others were injured, through a district magistrate.
Zudio was the standout performer as it tapped into the pentup demand in small-town India, at a pace never seen before, notes Indrajit Gupta, co-founder and director, Founding Fuel.
