The Home Depot settled a case for nearly $2 million after being accused of overcharging customers by charging more at checkout than the advertised price. Prosecutors in six California counties sued the retailer for “scanner violations” where the scanned prices did not match the advertised prices. The settlement, approved by a judge, includes payments to…
Tennessee fans will now have to pay a 10% “talent fee” on tickets to help pay athletes as part of a new revenue-sharing plan starting in 2025. This is in response to the NCAA allowing schools to share up to $22 million of their revenue with athletes. The school is aiming to continue its dominance…
Houseboat owners in Thiruvananthapuram are facing a dilemma as the state GST department is now demanding 18% GST to be paid retrospectively from 2017, even though they have been paying at 5% all these years. The state government claims there has been misclassification of taxable income. The sudden change has put a financial burden on…
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and other senior CPM leaders from Kerala have traveled to New Delhi to pay their respects to the late party general secretary Sitaram Yechury. The body of Yechury will be kept at AKG Bhavan in New Delhi for public tributes on Saturday. After that, it will be donated for medical research…
Kylian Mbappé is standing his ground in his dispute with Paris Saint-Germain over unpaid wages and bonuses. The French soccer league’s legal commission offered mediation, but Mbappé rejected it, claiming PSG owes him €55 million. PSG argues they don’t owe him money due to an agreement made when Mbappé decided not to renew his contract….
The Delhi government has introduced a 50% discount on traffic fines to encourage commuters to pay their fines on time. This initiative aims to prevent legal disputes and reduce the burden on courts and the transport department. The discount is applicable if commuters pay the fine within 90 days of notification of existing challans or…
The Delhi government is offering a 50% discount on traffic challans for violators who pay within three months, in an effort to reduce pending challans. This proposal, awaiting approval, aims to streamline traffic regulations and enforcement. Not all traffic offenses are eligible for this discount, but those like driving without a valid license or driving…
The high court in Bengaluru has warned Thomas Lobo, involved in a civil dispute, for cutting down 90 Silver Oak trees without permission. The judge, Justice V Shrishananda, noted that the trees were intentionally felled and not fallen naturally as claimed by Lobo. Lobo was ordered to deposit Rs 10 lakh or face jail time….
The Namakkal District consumer disputes redressal commission ordered an insurance company to pay 80 lakh as compensation to the wife of a policyholder who died of Covid-19. The policyholder had taken a 75 lakh insurance policy with TATA AIG but the company denied the claim citing pre-existing conditions. The commission found the company’s refusal to…
In a recent case, a student from Gandhinagar, named Maharshi Yadav, was barred from boarding a Toronto-bound flight because he did not possess a transit Schengen visa for stoppages in Munich and Frankfurt. As a result, he had to cancel his ticket and book another flight at a higher cost. The consumer commission ruled in…