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A District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum (DCDRC) at Ernakulam, Kerala recently ordered Kerala Matrimony to pay ₹25,000 as compensation (apart from costs) to a man who alleged that the matrimonial services website had failed to deliver on its promise to find him a bride. District forum President DB Binu and members Ramachandran V and Sreevidhia TN passed the order on May 15 after concluding that there was a deficiency of service on the part of Kerala Matrimony.
The Allahabad High Court recently said the State should cancel the licences of journalists found indulging in anti-social activities like blackmailing under the garb of journalism [Puneet Mishra Alias Puneet Kumar Mishra and Another vs State of UP].
The Karnataka government has notified the Karnataka Prohibition of Violence against Advocates Act, 2023 (KPVA Act) with effect from June 10. The statement and objects of the law highlights that in doing their duty, advocates are vulnerable to malicious and frivolous prosecution by rival parties which interferes with the performance of their duties and the administration of justice itself.
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Chandigarh on Tuesday approved the amalgamation of AIX Connect Pvt Ltd., owner of Air Asia Airlines, with the Air India Express Ltd Company. A coram of judicial member Harnam Singh Thakur and technical member LN Gupta noted that the amalgamation proposal had been granted sanction from sectoral regulators including the Registrar of Companies and the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA). Accordingly, it allowed the scheme of amalgamation of the two companies filed before NCLT under sections 230 to 232 of the Companies Act of 2013.
A big move is afoot on the EU-style digital competition law under consideration, posing a challenge to tech firms by laying out strict compliance obligations that can impact their business model. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has scheduled a crucial meeting with industry associations on Thursday to discuss the draft Digital Competition Bill (DCB).
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the counselling for admissions of students to the medical colleges over alleged paper leak and irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) undergraduate (UG) examination 2024 [Shivangi Mishra v. National Testing Agency and Others]. A Vacation Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah issued notice on one of the petitions seeking cancellation of the examination held in May and investigation into the paper leak.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has formed an ad-hoc expert committee chaired by Usha Thorat, a former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The committee is tasked with proposing measures to ensure that clearing corporations function as resilient, independent, and neutral risk managers.
The Turkish Competition Authority has imposed a fine of approximately 482 million lira ($14.85 million) on Google due to Google’s alleged failure to fulfill its obligation related to hotel searches as to how the search engine handles hotel search results. According to the authority, Google’s failure to address the competition authority’s concerns over fair competition with other local search engines gave rise to this fine.
The top US antitrust enforcer, Jonathan Kanter, has announced that the Department of Justice (DoJ) will urgently scrutinize the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. This decision follows rising concerns that control over this transformative technology is being concentrated in the hands of a few deep-pocketed companies, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Microsoft expects to take additional steps to resolve an EU antitrust investigation into its chat and video app Teams which is part of its Office product, even as it seems likely to get EU charges in the case, according to its President Brad Smith.
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Having got one of the global automobiles giants imposed with a fine of Rs. 87 crores amongst other instances, our grip on this sector is complete. KK Sharma Law Offices ('Firm') has dealt with the procurement of services of Car Carrier Trucks by market leader in automobile sector in India and brought the anti-competitive practices to the fore.
The very first investigation in the country into competition law violations was made which resulted in a cascading effect of company after company giving up the claims of loan foreclosure charges in home and car loans across the country, amongst others, were under taken.
When the allegations of cartel were brought before the enforcement machinery against the flexible conveyor belt manufacturers they were clear in their mind that only KKSLO can deal it successfully and, accordingly, they availed our services.
The very first successful instance of cartelisation dealt by the competition agency in the case of Ficci Multiplex Association was very successfully dealt with by the competition agency under the overall supervision of Mr. Sharma.
The very first penalty on the leading stock exchange of the country exceeding Rs.50 Crores was based on the investigation done by the Mr. Sharma. Subsequently, when there were allegations of future trading and guar gum and other similar commodities, for saving the enterprises from huge fines, the Firm was the natural choice for representing these companies.
It may not be that well known no manufactured vehicle can leave the premises of the manufacturer except without being loaded on to the car carrier trucks. When the instances of anti competitive practices came to the fore, the Firm was the first choice to taken services from.
