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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 on Apr 30, 2025 03:49 PM IST

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

Eateries can’t impose service charge, rules Delhi high court (Representative image)
Published on Mar 29, 2025 04:00 AM IST

‘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 on Mar 28, 2025 03:43 PM IST

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 on Feb 12, 2025 10:59 AM IST

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 on Jul 04, 2024 12:55 PM IST

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 on Dec 15, 2023 07:06 AM IST

Helping taxpayers make sense of GST regulation

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SAMVAAD with taxpayers has been the key since the launch of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1, 2017,
Published on Jun 29, 2023 06:36 PM IST

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 30,000 as compensation and 10,000 as cost of litigation. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Apr 25, 2023 01:36 AM IST

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 on Apr 12, 2023 11:47 PM IST

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 on Jul 20, 2022 01:01 PM IST

Restaurants can’t force service charge on users

Restaurants can’t force service charge on users (Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jul 05, 2022 12:47 AM IST

Covid-19 to ‘significantly’ impact state finances: RBI

Higher tax buoyancy implies that tax collection would rise at a faster pace for the same rise in incomes.
Updated on Oct 28, 2020 02:13 AM IST

LTC bonanza for those who plan to spend big

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the media during a press conference at National Media Centre in New Delhi.
Published on Oct 13, 2020 05:31 AM IST

Running toy business in Punjab’s Dhanaula no child’s play after Covid-19

A shopkeeper shows a young customer and his parents a wooden tralla or truck.
Published on Aug 31, 2020 05:21 PM IST

Growth will recover to up to 8% next fiscal, says KM Birla

Kumar Mangalam Birla said that most economies are likely to shrink this year.
Updated on Aug 13, 2020 06:06 AM IST

Digital taxation needs to be simple and inclusive, says Nirmala Sitharaman

India is among 10 nations that are facing US investigations to assess whether the levies discriminate against American technology majors.
Updated on Jul 18, 2020 10:50 PM IST

Covid-19 austerity measures: Chandigarh admn slashes expenditure by 20%

The revenue generation from goods and service tax (GST), excise and VAT plummeted by 71% for April and May in comparison to the same period last year, a senior Chandigarh administration official has said.
Updated on Jul 11, 2020 02:02 AM IST

PMI, GST data indicate economic recovery

Separately, data released by the finance ministry showed that gross GST receipts for June was just 9% below the roughly ₹1 lakh crore collected in the same month a year ago.
Updated on Jul 02, 2020 07:32 AM IST

Lockdown effect: Haryana’s economy to take a hit

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Updated on Mar 31, 2020 10:03 PM IST

Randhawa launches health scheme for co-op banks, societies

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Published on Mar 17, 2020 10:34 PM IST

Industry hails increased turnover limit

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Published on Feb 01, 2020 10:57 PM IST

‘Centre responsible for financial crisis in Punjab’

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Published on Dec 28, 2019 06:30 AM IST

‘Embarrassment to ask again and again’: States to FM Nirmala Sitharaman on GST compensation

The finance ministers of Delhi, Punjab, Puducherry and Madhya Pradesh and representatives Kerala, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh and West Bengal attended the meeting.
Updated on Dec 04, 2019 07:23 PM IST

Manpreet seeks early release of GST arrears from Centre

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Published on Oct 29, 2019 11:16 PM IST

Pune resident duped of 10 lakh by man she met on matrimonial website

A 41-year-old woman from Hinjewadi has been duped of Rs10,00,000 by a man. (Representative Image)
Updated on Oct 28, 2019 12:00 AM IST

Find ways to release loan to homebuyers: Supreme Court

The bench also asked NBCC, the receiver and court-appointed forensic auditors to work out the modus-operandi and feasibility to sell 5,229 unsold flats.
Updated on Sep 12, 2019 05:59 AM IST

GST rate cut likely for small cars, part makers

Cars, bikes and mopeds at present attract a peak GST rate of 28% with additional cess ranging from 1% to 22%, depending on the length, engine size and type of the vehicle.
Updated on Sep 06, 2019 11:40 PM IST