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Moneylife Digital Team 04 March 2026
The Union ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) has confirmed that more than 1,200 flights operated by Indian carriers and close to 3,880 flights by foreign airlines have been cancelled so far as the West Asia airspace crisis, triggered by the US-Israeli military strikes on Iran and Tehran's...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 March 2026
The central consumer protection authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of ₹8 lakh on Raising Superstars Enterprises Pvt Ltd, a Mumbai-based early childhood development platform, for disseminating misleading advertisements on its website that falsely claimed its 'prodigy framework program' could...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 04 March 2026
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-II, South Delhi has directed Malaysia Airlines to refund ₹65,802 with interest to a Delhi resident whose international travel plans for his relatives were disrupted after the flight tickets he booked were cancelled amid the Covid-19 pandemic...

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Ritu Yadav (Bar  and   Bench) 02 March 2026
The Supreme Court has ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into alleged irregularities surrounding DLF’s residential project “The Primus DLF Garden City” in Gurugram, observing that the issues flagged may be “just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.” (Swarnpreet Kaur &...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 February 2026
Dubai’s aviation network came to a standstill on 28 February 2026 after authorities suspended all operations at Dubai International Airport (DXB) and Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) amid escalating regional tensions and missile activity over Gulf airspace.   Dubai Airports confirmed in...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 February 2026
In an unusually candid courtroom reflection, chief justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday observed that the Supreme Court has, at times, passed 'sweeping orders' without fully appreciating ground realities, pointing to the 2014 Lalita Kumari judgment on mandatory registration of first...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 February 2026
In an important ruling on cooperative housing society (CHS) membership and succession disputes, the Bombay High Court (HC) has held that nomination does not confer ownership rights and that authorities exercising revisional powers under Section 23(2) of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies...

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“Block your IP address on WhatsApp and you will get 100% protection from hackers.”   “Never help an unknown person fix their mobile phone because they will capture your face ID, fingerprint and voice sample and using your AI clone will then empty your bank account.”   These are not lines...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 February 2026
India’s aviation regulator, the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA), has revised air ticket refund and cancellation norms, allowing passengers to cancel or modify bookings within 48 hours without paying additional charges, subject to specified conditions. The revised norms come at a...

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Shirish Shanbhag 26 February 2026
Disputes in a cooperative housing society (CHS/the Society) often arise at the intersection of property rights and collective decision-making. Questions about ownership of terraces, responsibility for structural maintenance and the use of common areas can quickly escalate when leakage,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 February 2026
India’s drug regulator has launched an aggressive clean-up of the cough syrup manufacturing industry, acting against hundreds of companies found non-compliant with quality standards after inspections covering nearly 90% of manufacturing sites nationwide, according to a report in The Economic...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 February 2026
The central consumer protection authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of ₹15 lakh on Delhi-based Vajirao and Reddy Institute for publishing misleading advertisements related to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2023 results.   In a release, CCPA said...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 February 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹38.60 lakh on UCO Bank for non-compliance with certain regulatory directions. The violations relate to the periodicity of payment of interest on savings deposits, the collection of locker rent and deficiencies in credit information reporting...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 February 2026
The Gurugram zonal office of the directorate of enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties valued at about ₹82 crore in connection with an alleged large-scale real estate fraud linked to the commercial project 'Ansal Hub-83' in Gurugram's Sector-83.   The action has been...

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How long does it take for a regulator in India to respond to bad practices? The answer: A staggering two decades of responding to alarms with pointless tinkering and directions.   On 11 February 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), finally, released the Commercial Banks – Responsible...

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The India AI Impact Summit 2026 brought together political leaders, technology chiefs and policy-makers at a moment many believe will shape the next chapter of human progress. The mood was forward-looking, even optimistic — but not without caution.   At the heart of the conversation was a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 February 2026
The Supreme Court has asked the food safety and standards authority of India (FSSAI) to examine whether packaged food products high in sugar, salt and saturated fat should carry mandatory front-of-package warning labels, observing that regulatory steps of this nature are closely linked to...

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Shirish Shanbhag 19 February 2026
In a cooperative housing society (CHS/the Society), disputes often arise not from major financial decisions but from everyday governance issues such as how committee members are selected, whether common areas are being misused or whether CHS are demanding charges that may not be legally...

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Bar  and   Bench 18 February 2026
The Allahabad High Court recently emphasized that there cannot be any discrimination or high handedness in the freezing of bank accounts on the instructions of investigating agencies (Tarkeswar Tiwari v State of Uttar Pradesh and 6 Others).   A Division Bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and...

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KBS Sidhu 17 February 2026
Consumer Forum Issues Bailable Warrant Against Ola Electric CEO   A bailable warrant from a district consumer forum against the founder of a freshly listed “new-age” unicorn is not a routine event. It is therefore important to state the fact plainly: the District Consumer Disputes Redressal...

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