Non-payment of maintenance would not qualify as criminal proceedings: SC, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court has ruled that even if non-compliance with an order for payment of maintenance entails penal consequences, such proceedings would not qualify as or become criminal proceedings. “If non-compliance with an order for payment of maintenance entails penal consequences, as may other decrees of a Civil Court, such proceedings would not qualify as […]
Supreme Court seeks Centre’s view on whether charitable trusts qualify as consumers, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Centre’s stand on whether a charitable trust falls under the definition of consumer under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. A Bench led by Justice Abhay S Oka while making the Ministry of Consumer Affairs as a party to the case sought its assistance in interpreting the word “consumer” […]