IAMAI to help ecommerce companies fight FDI violation allegations
The Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has filed an impleadment application to the Delhi High Court on Monday to become a respondent to…
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Fake e-commerce site BigSop busted by Bangalore Police after Twitter complaints
Recently, the Bangalore City Police Crime Branch raided the offices of a fake online shopping portal called BigSop.com (now defunct) based on complaint…
“We don’t have different warranty policies for online & offline purchases” – Asus India
Asus India does not have any different warranty policy with respect to online shopping portals and its post sales services are the same for both on…
Uber now has to comply with RBI’s online payment rules by November 30
The Reserve Bank of India has extended the deadline by which Uber will have to comply with its two-factor authentication rules, from the 31st of Oc…
#66AFail: Student arrested for Facebook post about Cyclone Hudhud; cc @rsprasad
A student was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh CID for posting that the Cyclone Huhud, which hit parts of Andhra Pradesh earlier this month, for stating …
CCI says consumer brands’ authorised-sellers-only demand is “prudent business policy”
The Competition Commission of India, while ruling on a complaint against Snapdeal for not allowing Ambitious Marketing to retail Sandisk products, rule…
E-commerce marketplaces are liable for VAT since they are commission agents – Karnataka Govt
The Karnataka Government plans to amend the Value Added Tax Act and bring transactions from e-commerce marketplaces under its ambit, reports The Times …
Google questions CCI jurisdiction in AdWords account shutting case
Update: From the Delhi High Court order, it appears that there was no stay given on the Rs 1 crore fine, and from what we can understand from Google's …
Uber reportedly passes the onus of paying service tax to cab drivers
Online cab service Uber has passed on the onus of paying service tax to cab drivers and has agreed to provide details about their cab drivers to th…
Twitter sues US Govt for right to report user information requests data in greater detail
Twitter has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against the United States government in a bid to overturn the current prohibitions to publishing the number and t…
No copyright in email databases?
Justice Endlaw of the Delhi High Court has dismissed a lawsuit that Tech Plus Media Pvt limited had filed against its former employees who started a ne…
India vs West Indies Cricket: “no scores, scorecards, live commentary”, STAR tells App Developers
Here we go again: With (Winter) Cricket season in India about to begin, STAR India, which holds rights to domestic and international matches hosted by …