The Delhi High Court on Thursday disposed of an appeal filed by the Central Consumer Protection Authority against a single judge order which had stayed its guidelines prohibiting hotels and restaurants from levying service charges on bills. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad granted liberty to CCPA to file its response before …
A row has recently sparked up regarding the act of restaurants levying service charges on customers with the consumer affairs ministry calling for a robust framework, and the restaurants saying that the same is very much legal in India until further notice. The department of consumers affairs has called levying service charge by restaurants an “unfair trade practice”, but there …
Highlights Department of Consumer Affairs will soon come up with a robust framework It's to ensure strict compliance by stakeholders with regard to service charge levied by restaurants Dept held a meeting on June 2 with restaurant associations and consumer organizations on this matter The Department of Consumer Affairs will soon come up with a robust framework to ensure strict …
