SC relaxes norms for appointing consumer court presidents, members

The Supreme Court on Friday said lawyers and professionals with 10 years of experience will be eligible for appointment as president and member of the state consumer commission and district forums.......

SpiceJet offloads unruly flier for misbehaving with female cabin crew member

An unruly male passenger was offloaded from a SpiceJet plane at the Delhi airport on Monday after he allegedly touched a female cabin crew in an inappropriate manner, according to sources. IMAGE:......

Air India bans peeing incident accused for 4 months

Air India on Thursday said it has imposed a four-month flying ban on Shankar Mishra, who is accused of urinating on a woman co-passenger onboard a flight in November last year. IMAGE: Shankar......

DGCA issues show cause notice to Air India over 'peeing' incidents

Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation has issued a show cause notice to Air India after finding the airline's response as "lackadaisical and delayed" regarding two of passenger......

Obtaining justice via consumer courts is difficult

'Some cases do not get a single hearing for 6 to 8 months, while some have been pending for as long as 8 years.'Sanjay Kumar Singh reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Consumer......

The wake-up call that every consumer needs

Pending consumer dispute cases are at an all-time high. Sahil Makkar reports. Photograph: Adeel Halim /Reuters  Anuj Vyas, a resident of Thane in Maharashtra, had to run from pillar to......

E-com complaints: Consumers have more power now

Consumers can easily file cases against e-tailers now.Tinesh Bhasin reports. While there has been a phenomenal rise in e-commerce, redressal of complaints was always been a sore area. For example,......

He fought a bank and got back Rs 14 lakh

Thomas Ninad's bank account was defrauded of Rs 14 lakh under mysterious circumstances.Jehangir B Gai reveals what happened thereafter.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Thomas Ninad had a......