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Consumer fora can initiate ‘contempt of court’ as well

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Allahabad high court rules that consumer forums can also initiate contempt proceedings

To decide the legal controversy, the HC analyzed the law and its interpretation. The word “court” is not defined under the Act and its meaning would have to be culled out on the basis of various pronouncements by the SC.
In the case of Virendra Kumar Satyawadi v/s State of Punjab, an SC bench considered the characteristics of a court. It held that a court has a duty to decide disputes in a judicial manner and declare the rights of parties in a definitive judgment. Judicial adjudication requires the parties to be heard in support of their claims and to produce evidence. The dispute has to be decided in accordance with law by considering the evidence. An authority or a tribunal would be considered a court only if it fulfils all these attributes.
Going by this definition, even a Returning Officer deciding on the validity of the nomination papers under the Representation of People Act is considered to be a court. Similarly, even an Assistant Registrar under the Cooperative Societies Act is considered to be a court under the Contempt of Courts Act.

Click Here for the full article by Jehangir Gai

Toll Free Numbers

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Here are Toll Free numbers in India ….. very useful…!!!!

Airlines
Indian Airlines – ( 1800 180 1407
Jet Airways – ( 1800 225 522
Spice Jet – ( 1800 180 3333
Air India – ( 1800 227 722
Kingfisher – (1800 180 0101

Banks
ABN AMRO – ( 1800 112 224
Canara Bank – ( 1800 446 000
Citibank – ( 1800 442 265
Corporation Bank – ( 1800 443 555
Development Credit Bank – ( 1800 225 769
HDFC Bank – 1800 227 227
ICICI Bank – ( 1800 333 499
ICICI Bank NRI – ( 1800 224 848
IDBI Bank – ( 1800 116 999
Indian Bank – ( 1800 425 1400
ING Vysya – ( 1800 449 900
Kotak Mahindra Bank – ( 1800 226 022
Lord Krishna Bank – ( 1800 112 300
Punjab National Bank – ( 1800 122 222
State Bank of India – ( 1800 441 955
Syndicate Bank – ( 1800 446 655

Automobiles
Mahindra Scorpio – ( 1800 226 006
Maruti – ( 1800 111 515
Tata Motors – ( 1800 255 52
Windshield Experts – ( 1800 113 636

Computers / IT
Adrenalin – ( 1800 444 445
AMD – ( 1800 425 6664
Apple Computers- ( 1800 444 683
Canon – ( 1800 333 366
Cisco Systems- ( 1800 221 777
Compaq – HP – ( 1800 444 999
Data One Broadband – ( 1800 424 1800
Dell – ( 1800 444 026
Epson – ( 1800 44 0011
eSys – ( 3970 0011
Genesis Tally Academy – ( 1800 444 888
HCL – ( 1800 180 8080
IBM – ( 1800 443 333
Lexmark – ( 1800 22 4477
Marshal’s Point -( 1800 33 4488
Microsoft – ( 1800 111 100
Microsoft Virus Update – ( 1901 333 334
Seagate – ( 1800 180 1104
Symantec – ( 1800 44 5533
TVS Electronics-( 1800 444 566
WeP Peripherals-( 1800 44 6446
Wipro – ( 1800 333 312
Xerox – ( 1800 180 1225
Zenith – ( 1800 222 004

Indian Railways

General Enquiry 131
Central Enquiry 131
Reservation 131
Railway Reservation Enquiry 1345, 1335, 1330
Centralised Railway Enquiry 133, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9

Couriers / Packers & Movers
ABT Courier – ( 1800 448 585
AFL Wizz – ( 1800 229 696
Agarwal Packers & Movers – ( 1800 114 321
Associated Packers P Ltd – ( 1800 214 560
DHL – ( 1800 111 345
FedEx – ( 1800 226 161
Goel Packers & Movers – ( 1800 11 3456
UPS – ( 1800 227 171

Home Appliances
Aiwa/Sony – ( 1800 111 188
Anchor Switches – ( 1800 227 7979
Blue Star – ( 1800 222 200
Bose Audio – ( 1800 112 673
Bru Coffee Vending Machines – ( 1800 4 7171
Daikin Air Conditioners – ( 1800 444 222
DishTV – ( 1800 123 474
Faber Chimneys – ( 1800 214 595
Godrej – ( 1800 225 511
Grundfos Pumps – ( 1800 334 555
LG – ( 1901 180 9999
Philips – ( 1800 224 422
Samsung – ( 1800 113 444
Sanyo – ( 1800 110 101
Voltas – ( 1800 334 546
WorldSpace Satellite Radio – ( 1800 445 432

Investments / Finance
CAMS – ( 1800 442 267
Chola Mutual Fund – ( 1800 222 300
Easy IPO’s – ( 3030 5757
Fidelity Investments – ( 1800 180 8000
Franklin Templeton Fund – ( 1800 425 4255
J M Morgan Stanley – ( 1800 220 004

Kotak Mutual Fund – ( 1800 222 626
LIC Housing Finance – ( 1800 440 005
SBI Mutual Fund – ( 1800 223 040
Sharekhan – ( 1800 227 500
Tata Mutual Fund – ( 1800 220 101

Leisure Travels
Club Mahindra Holidays – ( 1800 334 539
Cox & Kings – ( 1800 221 235
God TV Tours – ( 1800 442 777
Kerala Tourism – ( 1800 444 747
Kumarakom Lake Resort – ( 1800 445 030
Raj Travels & Tours – ( 1800 229 900
Sita Tours – ( 1800 111 911
SOTC Tours – ( 1800 223 344

Healthcare
Best on Health – ( 1800 11 8899
Dr Batras – ( 1800 11 6767
GlaxoSmithKline – ( 1800 22 8797
Johnson & Johnson – ( 1800 22 8111
Kaya Skin Clinic – ( 1800 22 5292
LifeCell – ( 1800 44 5323
Manmar Technologies – ( 1800 33 4420
Pfizer – ( 1800 442 442
Roche Accu-Chek – ( 1800 11 45 46
Rudraksha – ( 1800 21 4708
Varilux Lenses – (

Insurance
AMP Sanmar – ( 1800 44 2200
Aviva – ( 1800 33 2244
Bajaj Allianz – ( 1800 22 5858
Chola MS General Insurance – ( 1800 44 5544
HDFC Standard Life – ( 1800 227 227

Courtesy : Noshir Parlewala

Maharashtra Govt. to go slow on Co-operative Law

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“PILs against the amendments are pending before the Bombay HC,” state cooperation minister Harshwardhan Patil told TOI recently. “The Gujarat HC has questioned the 97th constitutional amendment (under which the cooperative society amendments have been drawn up). A joint committee of both houses of Maharashtra legislature is discussing it and should suggest changes. Taking this into account, we will go slow on strict enforcement of the MCS Act amendments,” Patil said.

The problems being faced by members are many and the new rules do not give clarity in the matter.

Click Here to read the full report in Times of India

 

Essential and Emergency Telephone Directory – Mumbai

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AIR LINES ENQUIRIES – Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Inter-National Air Terminal Sahar Mumbai AIR LINES ENQUIRIES – Domestic Terminal Santacruz AMBULANCES – Name
B.E.S.T. – Office B.S.E.S. (RELIANCE) – Office BLOOD BANKS – Name
CASUALTY HOSPITAL COURTS – Designation CRANES SERVICES
CRIME BRANCH (CB) CRIME BRANCH (DETECTION) (DCB) CRIME BRANCH ANTI NARCOTIC CELL- (ANC)
CRIME BRANCH ECONOMIC OFFENCES WING-(EOW) CRIME BRANCH ENFORCEMENT Essential and Important Telephone Numbers
MISCELLANEOUS OTHERS PREVENTIVE CRIME BRANCH
PRISONS & JAIL – Designation RAILWAY ENQUIRIES – Central Railway RAILWAY ENQUIRIES – Train Arrival & Departure
RAILWAY ENQUIRIES – Western Railway Mumbai Police  / Police Stations

Courtesy : Mumbai Police

Cap on subsidised LPG cylinders

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Government of India has been providing subsidy on Domestic LPG purchased by Consumers. There has been a change in norms of supply of Domestic LPG effective 14th of September 2012. This was further modified effective 18th January 2013. The number of Domestic Cylinders for which Subsidy can be availed for has now been capped at 9 refills per LPG Connection. More details are given below.

FAQs regarding cap on subsidised LPG Cylinders

  1. What is Capping of LPG cylinder?
  2. How many subsidised cylinder I will get in current financial year 2013-14?
  3. After I consume all capped quantity am I eligible for subsidised cylinder?
  4. What will happen to my subsidised quota when I transfer my connection?
  5. Am I eligible for subsidised quota if my connection is blocked?
  6. In case of new connection what will be the eligibility of subsidised quota?
  7. How can I keep record of my consumption of cylinder?
  8. I do not want subsidised cylinder, is it possible?
  9. A re subsidised cylinders applicable for reticulated LPG customers?

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Portal for Public Grievances

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The Department of Administrative Reforms And Public Grievances is the nodal agency to formulate policy guidelines for citizen-centric governance in the country. Redress of citizens’ grievances , being one of the most important initiatives of the department, DAR&PG formulates public grievance redress mechanisms for effective and timely redress / settlement of citizens’ grievances.

This is a Government of India Portal aimed at providing the citizens with a platform for redress of their grievances. If you have any grievance against any Government organization in the country, you may lodge your grievance here which will go to the Ministry/Department/State Government concerned for immediate redress.

The grievances arising out of Unsatisfactory response or No response from the Ministry/Department concerned will be taken up by the PG officers of DAR&PG who will take up the matter with the Ministry/Department concerned for close monitoring and expeditious redress.

If you have any Grievance against Central Govt. Ministries or Departments or State Govt. Departments, Click Here to enter  your Grievance. If there is a delay in settling your Grievance, even that can be handled by this website.