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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has remarked that cases involving tortious acts or criminality like fraud or cheating could not be decided by the Consumer Forums and deficiency in service has to be distinguished from the criminal acts. A bench of Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi passed these remarks on March 27 order while setting aside an order of National
Delhi State Legal Services Authority on Sunday said that it has constituted 41 Lok Adalat Benches in various districts complexes in the city in which 2,008 cases were settled and the settlement amount was Rs 29.28 Crore.
The Indian government and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) have launched a new online standard to curb fake and deceptive reviews online.
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Our Correspondent Kohima, Sep. 22 (EMN): With the rising cases of medical negligence reported across the country including Nagaland, the matter was deliberated as a matter of urgent public importance during the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Leader of NPF Legislature Party, Kuzholuzo Nienu, pressed upon the government to bring out the Nagaland Medical Negligence Bill to check medical “malpractices”, which he said, “have been noticeable ever since the establishment of health care facilities in the state”. “The Nagaland Medical Negligence Bill has to be passed by this ...