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Govt acts against service charges in restaurants: What are the rules?

The crackdown follows rising complaints on the National Consumer Helpline (1915) from consumers being forced to pay service charges.

Published 441 days ago

Eateries can’t impose service charge, rules Delhi high court

Eateries can’t impose service charge, rules Delhi high court (Representative image)

Published 474 days ago

‘Violative of consumer rights’: Delhi HC on restaurants imposing service charge

The high court said that the imposition of a service charge in a mandatory manner is “violative of consumer rights and the collection of service charge in various names amounts to unfair trade practices.”

Updated 474 days ago

Only states can tax lotteries, not Centre: SC rules

The court ruled that only state legislatures have the authority to regulate and tax them. (Representative file photo)

Published 519 days ago

Restaurants vs diners: Brawl in Delhi's Darzi bar over service charge

A grab from the video that captured diners fighting with the manager at the restaurant, when asked to pay service charge.

Published 741 days ago

Fadnavis announces probe into builder-underworld link in MOB case

Nagpur:14December2023 A group photo of the existing MLAs of the 2019 Vidhan Sabha including Chief Minister Ekhnath Shinde, DCM Devendra Fadnavis was organised outside the Vidhan Bhavan premises during the Winter Session of Maharashtra State Assembly, Nagpur. Thursday. Dec 14, 2023. Photo by Sunny Shende:PM100029 (PTI)

Updated 943 days ago

Helping taxpayers make sense of GST regulation

SAMVAAD with taxpayers has been the key since the launch of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1, 2017,

Published 1112 days ago

77-year-old wins legal fight, gets cancelled booth back from Chandigarh Housing Board

Holding the board guilty of causing the complainant mental agony and harassment, the consumer commission directed Chandigarh Housing Board to immediately restore the booth in the elderly woman’s name, and to also pay <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>30,000 as compensation and <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10,000 as cost of litigation. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated 1178 days ago

HC: Dont display verdict allowing service charge on restaurant menus

The court’s clarification came while hearing pleas by the NRAI and the FIHR against the July 4, 2022 guidelines issued by the CCPA that barred restaurants from automatically adding service charges to food bills. (HT Photo)

Updated 1190 days ago

Afternoon brief: Service charge to continue in restaurants after Delhi HC order

The next hearing in the ‘no service charge order’ case has been fixed for November 25. (Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times) (Representation purpose)

Published 1456 days ago

Restaurants can’t force service charge on users

Restaurants can’t force service charge on users (Hindustan Times)

Updated 1472 days ago

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