The Additional District Consumer Disputes’ Redressal Commission has slapped a Rs 30,000 fine on 2 builders for wasting the court’s precious time.
Asking the builders to deposit the amount with its ‘Consumers’ Legal Aid Fund’, a bench comprising presiding member Smita Chandekar and member Avinash Prabhune observed that the time wasted for dealing with respondents could have been utilized for other needy customers.
Quoting the Apex Court’s verdict in the Damodar Prabhu versus Sayed Babalal’s case, the judges further imposed a Rs 20,000 fine each on both partners of ‘Maa Vaidehi Builders & Developers’ based at Hanuman Nagar in two other cases.
Collectively, a cost of Rs 70,000 has been imposed on the partners — Ravindra Fating and Nandu Ahirkar. The complaint was lodged by Seema Bawane, a resident of Ravi Nagar, who approached the commission in 2018 after both builders failed to refund Rs 2.59 lakh.
The commission on Oct 20, 2018, had ordered both builders to refund the amount within a month. However, when they failed to comply with the orders, the complainant again filed a contempt case with the commission on Feb 6, 2019.
The builders submitted a compromise letter to the complainant on Dec 3, 2021, but again failed to fulfil their commitment. After both failed to respond to the commission’s warrant & summons repeatedly, the judges issued a notice to the police.
Subsequently, Lakadganj police arrested Fating on July 26 & produced him before them. Thereafter, the complainant entered into a compromise deal with the complainant in order to escape punishment.
The judges, however, refused to show any leniency to both builders stating that they had caused a delay of four years in complying with their orders & thus wasted precious time. “They cannot be given liberty to fulfill the order according to their whims & fancies.
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