CORE Centre ENewsletter

Supported By, DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Govt. of India
Volume : 56	www.core.nic.in	March 2009

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In This Issue:

Consumer Focus
Consumer News
Gist Of Judgments
CORE Progress Status
CORE Success Story

To File Consumer Complaints:

Tobacco

Legislation to control tobacco use in developing countries has lagged behind the dramatic rise in tobacco consumption. India, the third largest grower of tobacco in the world, amassed 1.7 million disability–adjusted life years (DALYs) in 1990 due to disease and injury attributable to tobacco use in a population where 65% of the men and 38% of the women consume tobacco. More Info....

	Consumer News
	Educational loans only for poor: Madras HC 'Educational loans only for poor, meritorious students' Court pulls up telecom firm for disconnecting phone Doctors' body hails apex court order protecting them from legal action Bubblegum company told to pay Rs.300,000 compensation Consumer Court Dismisses India’s Biggest Ever Medical Error Claim Delhi consumer court asks travel firm to pay compensation Summary Judgment Stands for Consumer Class Alleging Unfair Debt Collection Practices, Seventh Circuit Rules Deathbed declaration has its own sanctity

	Gist Of Judgments
Court: NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION Date oAppeal No:-1008 of 2004 Smt. K. Nagarajaih and Others vs. Indian Airlines and AnotheJudgment Text Court : DELHI CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION Date of Judgment: 13/05/2005 Appeal No. A-563 of 2002 Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam Limited vs. Raj Dutta and Others , Judgment Text Court : DELHI CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION Appeal No:-NO. 366 OF 2005 M/s. Cox & Kings (I) Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Mr. Joseph A. Fernanes & Other, Judgment Text Court:- NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION Revised Petition No.:- 961 of 1997, Judgment Text Court: NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTE REDRESSAL COMMISSION Date of Judgment: 09/02/2005 Appeal No:- 435 of 2004 Ropar District Co-Operative Milk Producers Union Limited and Another vs. Ajay Sood Judgment Text

	CORE Progress Status, March '09
Highlights: Over 1.57 Crores hits received from 50 countries across the globe on www.core.nic.in till date Over 7.35 Lakh Visits 18110 Subscribers of CORE Centre E-Newsletter More than 1.20 lakh of web pages of contents of different consumer related issues e.g. Caselaws, Acts, regulations, Gist of Judgments, Test Reports, Consumer Studies, Articles etc. are uploaded on CORE website. Every month’s new pages of contents are being added into CORE website. More than 60 Thousand Complaints received from March 2005 to March 2009 from all parts of India and also from abroad Total 5959 complaints (34% of all complaints handled) were resolved by CORE Centre from April 2008 to March 2009. In the month of March 2009 CORE has received 2064 Complaints, in which 817 (40%) Complaints were resolved Hindi version of CORE Centre website has been launched with selected links. More than 25 thousands hits are being registered per month in the Hindi section of CORE website. Arrangements made for more regional languages such as Punjabi, Telgu, Malayalam & Gujarati being added. Translation in Punjabi & Gujarati has been completed and very soon it will be uploaded in CORE website. To Read More Click Here...