Court asks automobile dealer to compensate for defective car

September 22nd, 2009 Visteon asks bankruptcy court for more timeWILMINGTON, Del. — Auto parts supplier Visteon Corp.

September 21st, 2009 JAIPUR - The sale of upmarket and luxury cars of international brands in Jaipur has seen a spurt, as the goldsmiths and real-estate dealers have helped develop the standard of living of residents here. According to a recent report presented by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on the sale of Luxury cars, the average sales growth across the country is between 12 to 15 per cent per year, while the figure almost doubles in Jaipur.

September 16th, 2009 Gov't has made 70 percent of clunker paymentsWASHINGTON — The government has compensated dealers for 70 percent of the cars sold under the popular Cash for Clunkers program and they should be fully paid by the end of September, the transportation secretary said Wednesday. Secretary Ray LaHood told the National Automobile Dealers Association that 478,000 of the nearly 700,000 car vouchers have been paid, or about $2.4 billion.

August 19th, 2009 Feds gather vast collection of artifacts dealerSALT LAKE CITY — A major Southwest dealer is surrendering a vast personal collection of ancient artifacts in another break in the federal investigation of looting and grave robbing in the Four Corners region. More than 20 government agents, archaeologists and curators descended early Wednesday on a home in Durango, Colo., to haul away a lifetime collection from 74-year-old Carl "Vern" Crites and his wife.

July 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A nurse has landed in hot water after one of the two men she was dating simultaneously died in a brawl with the other in March in Wuhan, Hubei province. The nurse, along with eight other accused, has been ordered to compensate the deceased's family.

July 11th, 2009 Central Park's stolen bronze eagles finally homeNEW YORK — Two bronze eagles stolen from Central Park more than 30 years ago by a drug dealer who used them to store his stash are finally back at home. Prosecutors say the statues were stolen from the City Employees War Memorial at the Mall in the mid-1970s.

June 24th, 2009 Lehman can investigate Barclays over deal valueNEW YORK — A bankruptcy judge says Lehman Brothers can investigate whether Barclays got "too good of a deal" when it bought Lehman's broker-dealer unit last fall. Barclays PLC bought the broker-dealer in the chaotic week after Lehman filed for Chapter 11 protection on Sept.

June 22nd, 2009 Chrysler dealer appeals franchise terminationsNEW YORK — A pair of former Chrysler LLC dealerships are appealing a bankruptcy judge's order terminating their franchises and those of more than 700 others. Tarbox Motors and Tarbox Chrysler Jeep filed a notice of appeal on Friday, saying that they were appealing the decision to U.S.

May 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Punjab government to pay the family of an undertrial Rs.100,000 for his death while in police custody. An official of the commission said that undertrial Amarjit Singh was sent to the court February 22, 2004 for hearing of his case.

March 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The owner of an office here who suffered losses in business and property because of a leak from the public toilet above took the builder to court and will get Rs.100,000 in damages. The Delhi State Consumer Commission presided over by Justice J.D.

March 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Daimler Chrysler, makers of luxury car Mercedez Benz, and one of its dealers here have been asked to pay Rs.500,000 by a consumer court for misleading a customer by selling a limited edition of a car under the garb of it being the latest model. 'It is apparent and crystal clear that the complainant had been sold by way of misrepresentation (of) a limited edition, which was never launched in the market,' the Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission headed by Justice J.D.

January 15th, 2009 CAIRO - A Lebanese antiquities dealer was arrested in Bulgaria after being charged with smuggling stolen ancient Egyptian artefacts, Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has said. 'Ali Abu Taam was accused of smuggling more than 1,000 antiquities and helping Egyptian dealer Tareq al-Sweissi smuggle Egyptian pieces that belonged to different dynasties,' said SCA chief Zahi Hawas.

January 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An NGO has taken the Delhi Metro to court alleging it had failed to provide drinking water and toilet facilities for commuters. A petition before the Delhi High Court, filed by Voice of India, has said that it had last year sent a representation to the Delhi government and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) seeking basic facilities in the Metro trains but got no satisfactory reply from them.

December 26th, 2008 NEW DELHI - A Delhi court has asked OLC Shipping Line Pvt Ltd to compensate for the delay in delivery of packages in Dubai due to which the complainant had to shell out extra money. The Delhi Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission chaired by Justice J.D.

December 23rd, 2008 NEW DELHI - Newspapers and periodicals cannot be held responsible if there is a defect in a consumer product whose advertisements are printed in their pages, the Delhi High court has held. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog set aside a trial court order that had directed newspapers to issue a disclaimer saying that 'qualities of products advertised in their dailies are not guaranteed by the newspaper'.