
Bank directed to reimburse ₹6.26 lakh to NRI account holder
The Hindu
He had lost the money through unauthorised transactions
The Kerala High Court has directed ICICI Bank, Kozhikode branch, to reimburse ₹6.26 lakh which an NRI account holder had lost through unauthorised transactions. Justice N. Nagaresh passed the directive while allowing a writ petition filed by Gopinathan Palakkal of Kozhikode challenging the order of the Banking Ombudsman rejecting his complaint against the bank. According to the petitioner, a total of ₹6,26,000 was unauthorisedly debited from his account in 2015. The money had been transferred to the ICICI Bank accounts of third parties. According to the bank, it was an instance of an internet phishing fund transfer case.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












