Can anybody advice me which digital camera will be best within INR 12,000?

i will suggest you to go for SONY camera, they are using carl zeiss lances here it intro from site "in the fast paced consumer digital still photo world, Carl Zeiss partners with Sony to supply a selection of attractive cameras with leading edge image quality. Sony is one of the very few companies in this market that develops and manufactures their own image receiver chips, the component next to the lens that is crucial for the image quality of the whole camera. Carl Zeiss lenses on Sony cameras supported Sony to achieve the leading position in the digital still photo market." you can read more about the photography and CARL ZEISS LENSES FROM BELOVE LINK http://www.zeiss.com/photo