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Jehangir B Gai

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Typo Can't Be Basis For Denial Of Claim
Rediff.com6 days ago

The State Commission concluded the insurer could not take advantage of a typographical...

Banks Bound To Honour Bearer Cheque
Rediff.com25 Jan 2024

The National Commission held that any individual possessing a bearer instrument is...

Bank Liable For Employee Oversight
Rediff.com5 Jan 2024

The Commission concluded that the bank officials had evidently been negligent in...

When A Golfer Lost His Bags...
Rediff.com9 Oct 2023

Top golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar lodged a complaint against Emirates Airlines for delaying...

Why Was Manjeet Kaur's Claim Rejected?
Rediff.com9 Jun 2023

The National Commission concluded that the claim had been rightly rejected on grounds...

Buyer Liable To Pay EMI To Builder
Rediff.com6 Feb 2023

A National Commission order held that the buyer was the borrower and so the bank was...

Insurance: Understand Policy Coverage
Rediff.com19 Nov 2021

The National Commission ruled that a person must opt for a policy and submit the...

Bank liable for fraudulent card transactions
Rediff.com8 Jan 2021

Consumer activist Jehangir B Gai explains a RBI circular that says the customer is not...

Complaint is possible for Ulip claim
Rediff.com27 Feb 2020

Consumer activist Jehangir B Gai explains an important new ruling by the National...

When botched surgery amounts to medical negligence
Rediff.com25 Nov 2019

The Kerala consumer commission recently concluded in a medical complaint that while...

Property documentation onus lies on builder
Rediff.com6 May 2019

The law does not permit a builder to handover possession under any situation, not even...

PF dues: An IMPORTANT lesson
Rediff.com21 Sep 2018

How a chartered accountant won the battle against his company of interest on his PF dues

How she won her battle against an insurance firm
Rediff.com8 Jun 2018

Sukhwinder Kaur doggedly pursued her case against Bharti Axa Life Insurance in the...

A new milestone in protection of consumer rights
Rediff.com24 Apr 2018

Overbooking by an airline cannot be done ignoring the sense of duty or liability...

Mediclaim rejected on assumptions? Fight it out
Rediff.com9 Apr 2018

Treatment of duodenal ulcer perforation was covered under the policy. The insurance...

Hotel liable for guest's stolen car from its parking lot
Rediff.com17 Mar 2018

Merely stating that parking was 'at owner's risk' would not absolve the hotel of its...

How this customer won against a retailer
Rediff.com3 Nov 2017

John Aranha got an order from Central Mumbai District Consumer Forum that made Croma...

Can 5 star hotels charge Rs 8 for a 3 minute call?
Rediff.com15 Oct 2017

In this interesting case filed by the petitioner against the Taj Hotels, the National...

He fought a bank and got back Rs 14 lakh
Rediff.com9 Sep 2017

Thomas Ninad's bank account was defrauded of Rs 14 lakh under mysterious circumstances.

What to check when you buy a car online
Rediff.com22 Jun 2017

A consumer wins a case against a financial company for selling him a car online, but...