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"Restaurants Charging Rs 100 For Rs 20 Bottle": High Court Raps Association
- Saturday August 23, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
When you are already charging more on MRP in the name of the experience, why are you then levying service charge, the Delhi High Court asked the restaurant association on Friday.
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Castle Barbeque, Chaayos And 3 More Delhi Restaurants Issued Notice Over Levy And Non-Refund Of Service Charge
- Thursday May 1, 2025
- Written by Jigyasa Kakwani, Edited by Neha Grover
Five Delhi restaurants have been issued notices under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, for failing to refund mandatory service charges.
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Consumer Watchdog Issues Notices To 5 Restaurants For Charging Service Fee
- Tuesday April 29, 2025
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
Consumer watchdog CCPA has issued notices to five restaurants for continuing to impose mandatory service charges despite a recent Delhi High Court ruling upholding guidelines against the practice.
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www.ndtv.com
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Service Charge Voluntary, Can't Be Made Mandatory By Restaurants: High Court
- Friday March 28, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
Restaurants cannot mandatorily levy service charge on food bills in a "camouflaged and coercive" manner as it is against public interest and amounts to unfair trade practice, the Delhi High Court on Friday held.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Use Staff Contribution Instead Of Service Charge": Delhi High Court To Restaurant Body
- Tuesday September 5, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the members of a restaurant body to use the term "staff contribution" for the amount they were claiming from their customers as "service charge".
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www.ndtv.com
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Restaurant Bodies Fined Rs 2 Lakh For Challenging Service Tax Ban
- Friday July 28, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
Delhi High Court has imposed total costs of Rs 2 lakh on two restaurant bodies for failing to comply with an order passed in relation to their challenge to the guidelines prohibiting hotels and restaurants from automatically levying service charge.
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www.ndtv.com
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Stay Order On Service Charge Ban Not Approval Of Practice: Delhi High Court
- Wednesday April 12, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court said on Wednesday its earlier order staying a ban on automatic levy of service charge on food bills cannot be shown by restaurants to the customers in a manner which suggests that the charge has been approved by it.
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www.ndtv.com
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Court Suggests Name Change For "Service Charge" To "Staff Welfare Fund"
- Wednesday April 12, 2023
- India News | Asian News International
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the body representing the restaurants and hotels to consider changing the term 'service charge' to 'staff welfare fund' or 'staff welfare contribution'.
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www.ndtv.com
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Restaurants Taking Service Charge Ignoring Court Guidelines: Centre To Delhi HC
- Thursday September 1, 2022
- Somdatta Saha
During the hearing on this matter, Delhi High Court further issued guidelines for the ban, making it easy for both the customers and restaurant owners to follow.
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food.ndtv.com
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Restaurants Collecting Tip On Food Bills Flounting Guideline: Centre To Court
- Wednesday August 31, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Centre and the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that hotels and restaurants were collecting service charge on food bills while openly flouting the guidelines banning the levy.
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www.ndtv.com
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Why Should Restaurants Take Service Charges As Additional Levy, Asks Court
- Tuesday August 16, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday questioned why restaurants should recover service charges from consumers as an "additional" and "separate levy."
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www.ndtv.com
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Delhi High Court Stays Guidelines Prohibiting Hotels Charging Service Tax
- Wednesday July 20, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the recent guidelines prohibiting hotels and restaurants from levying service charge automatically on food bills.
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www.ndtv.com
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Upset Over Service Charge, Diner Drags Mumbai Eatery to Cops
- Friday July 24, 2015
- Mumbai News | mid-day.com
In what could be the first such case in the city, a non-cognisable offence was registered against a Mulund restaurant after lawyer Abhishek Nakashe complained to the police about the Rs 39 service charge in his Rs 525 bill.
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www.ndtv.com
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New Zealand Tax Evasion Case: Court Gives 8 Months' Home Detention to Indian-Origin Restaurant Owners
- Thursday May 28, 2015
- Indians Abroad | Indo-Asian News Service
A New Zealand court on Thursday sentenced Indian-origin restaurant owners to eight months' home detention over four charges of tax evasion.
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www.ndtv.com
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Restaurant owner in custody for attempted rape of tourist
- Friday December 23, 2011
- Cities | Indo-Asian News Service
A restaurant owner in Udaipur was sent to judicial custody by a court on Thursday, a day after he was arrested on charges of attempting to rape a 34-year-old French tourist, officials said.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Restaurants Charging Rs 100 For Rs 20 Bottle": High Court Raps Association
- Saturday August 23, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
When you are already charging more on MRP in the name of the experience, why are you then levying service charge, the Delhi High Court asked the restaurant association on Friday.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Castle Barbeque, Chaayos And 3 More Delhi Restaurants Issued Notice Over Levy And Non-Refund Of Service Charge
- Thursday May 1, 2025
- Written by Jigyasa Kakwani, Edited by Neha Grover
Five Delhi restaurants have been issued notices under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, for failing to refund mandatory service charges.
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food.ndtv.com
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Consumer Watchdog Issues Notices To 5 Restaurants For Charging Service Fee
- Tuesday April 29, 2025
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
Consumer watchdog CCPA has issued notices to five restaurants for continuing to impose mandatory service charges despite a recent Delhi High Court ruling upholding guidelines against the practice.
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www.ndtv.com
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Service Charge Voluntary, Can't Be Made Mandatory By Restaurants: High Court
- Friday March 28, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
Restaurants cannot mandatorily levy service charge on food bills in a "camouflaged and coercive" manner as it is against public interest and amounts to unfair trade practice, the Delhi High Court on Friday held.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
"Use Staff Contribution Instead Of Service Charge": Delhi High Court To Restaurant Body
- Tuesday September 5, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the members of a restaurant body to use the term "staff contribution" for the amount they were claiming from their customers as "service charge".
-
www.ndtv.com
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Restaurant Bodies Fined Rs 2 Lakh For Challenging Service Tax Ban
- Friday July 28, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
Delhi High Court has imposed total costs of Rs 2 lakh on two restaurant bodies for failing to comply with an order passed in relation to their challenge to the guidelines prohibiting hotels and restaurants from automatically levying service charge.
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www.ndtv.com
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Stay Order On Service Charge Ban Not Approval Of Practice: Delhi High Court
- Wednesday April 12, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court said on Wednesday its earlier order staying a ban on automatic levy of service charge on food bills cannot be shown by restaurants to the customers in a manner which suggests that the charge has been approved by it.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Court Suggests Name Change For "Service Charge" To "Staff Welfare Fund"
- Wednesday April 12, 2023
- India News | Asian News International
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the body representing the restaurants and hotels to consider changing the term 'service charge' to 'staff welfare fund' or 'staff welfare contribution'.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Restaurants Taking Service Charge Ignoring Court Guidelines: Centre To Delhi HC
- Thursday September 1, 2022
- Somdatta Saha
During the hearing on this matter, Delhi High Court further issued guidelines for the ban, making it easy for both the customers and restaurant owners to follow.
-
food.ndtv.com
-
Restaurants Collecting Tip On Food Bills Flounting Guideline: Centre To Court
- Wednesday August 31, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Centre and the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that hotels and restaurants were collecting service charge on food bills while openly flouting the guidelines banning the levy.
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www.ndtv.com
-
Why Should Restaurants Take Service Charges As Additional Levy, Asks Court
- Tuesday August 16, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday questioned why restaurants should recover service charges from consumers as an "additional" and "separate levy."
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Delhi High Court Stays Guidelines Prohibiting Hotels Charging Service Tax
- Wednesday July 20, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the recent guidelines prohibiting hotels and restaurants from levying service charge automatically on food bills.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Upset Over Service Charge, Diner Drags Mumbai Eatery to Cops
- Friday July 24, 2015
- Mumbai News | mid-day.com
In what could be the first such case in the city, a non-cognisable offence was registered against a Mulund restaurant after lawyer Abhishek Nakashe complained to the police about the Rs 39 service charge in his Rs 525 bill.
-
www.ndtv.com
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New Zealand Tax Evasion Case: Court Gives 8 Months' Home Detention to Indian-Origin Restaurant Owners
- Thursday May 28, 2015
- Indians Abroad | Indo-Asian News Service
A New Zealand court on Thursday sentenced Indian-origin restaurant owners to eight months' home detention over four charges of tax evasion.
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www.ndtv.com
-
Restaurant owner in custody for attempted rape of tourist
- Friday December 23, 2011
- Cities | Indo-Asian News Service
A restaurant owner in Udaipur was sent to judicial custody by a court on Thursday, a day after he was arrested on charges of attempting to rape a 34-year-old French tourist, officials said.
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www.ndtv.com