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At a time when the rise of consumerism is oftentimes leading consumers to be shortchanged by companies, the role of consumer courts has increased manifold. Editor-in-Chief of APN channel RAJSHRI RAI spoke to Dr JUSTICE SANGITA DHINGRA SEHGAL, president, Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, on a range of issues related to consumer rights. The interview featured in the ILRF Symposium series hosted under the aegis of India Legal

America celebrates 247 years of Independence against a backdrop of a nation at war with itself over what democracy means. The conservative-dominated Supreme Court has become the major player in changing the regulatory power of the federal and state governments. There are two reasons—because they can and because the US Congress is gridlocked by performative politicians, accomplishing very little.

If secularism is part of the basic structure of Indian constitution and our democracy, then the question arises why has the enactment and implementation of the Uniform Civil Code taken a back seat till now? If secularism is to be acceptable by all, so should be the Uniform Civil Code.

A Delhi hospital has been ordered by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission to pay Rs 1.3 crore compensation to a couple for a botched-up in-vitro fertilisation procedure.

The draft bill, says the Federation of Indian Pilots, has not addressed safety issues or reduced harsh provisions such as the one year notice period, for which it has approached the Delhi High Court

The Court has issued a notice to the Kerala government after a boy was killed by stray dogs there. India has the highest number of such attacks and calls for euthanising the strays have increased

In a progressive move, the Madras High Court said that temple priests cannot be appointed based on caste. Instead, knowledge and dedication to religious practices will be the criterion

The levying of service charge by hotels and restaurants has been a contentious issue. Instead of letting customers decide whether they want to pay it or not, the charges are being forced on them

The face authentication feature in the app was recently launched by Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar. Basically, it means farmers registered under the PM-Kisan scheme can now complete e-KYC by scanning their face without a one-time password or fingerprint

The Association for Democratic Reforms has taken the matter of wilful failure of political parties to publish details of criminal antecedents of candidates to the Election Commission. In a strong complaint to the Commission, ADR has termed it as a “deliberate act of contempt”