Court orders petrol bunk to pay Rs. 15 lakh compensation to consumer for mixing water in petrol
Karwar: Local consumer court on Friday ordered a petrol bunk owner to pay a compensation of Rs. 15, 13,475 after it ruled in the favor of complainant who had alleged that the petrol bunk owners had scammed consumers by mixing water in fuel in 2018.
Complainant Ansar Channa, a Bhatkal-based businessman had filled fuel from the petrol bunk on 7th March 2018. Soon after filling the fuel, Ansar’s car engine seized, his brakes failed and he managed to narrowly escape a fatal road accident while driving with his family.
Upon inspection, it was found that what was filled in his fuel tank was petrol mixed with water that prompted his car engine to fail.
One of the petrol bunk owners was then arrested and sent into custody under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The case was then taken up for hearing by the consumer court. Apart from the compensation with a 6% interest P.A, the court has also asked the accused to pay Rs. 50,000 for the mental shock and agony to the complainant with a cost of Rs. 10,000.
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ED seeks time to file reply on Jacqueline Fernandez's plea to turn approver in money laundering case
New Delhi (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate on Monday sought time to file its reply on a plea by actor Jacqueline Fernandez seeking to turn approver in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar.
Special Judge Prashant Sharma posted the matter for further proceedings on May 8.
The court had earlier on April 17 issued notice to the agency after the actor's counsel filed the application.
Fernandez, who was summoned by the ED several times in connection with the investigation, was named as an accused for the first time in a supplementary charge sheet filed by the agency.
On July 3, last year, the Delhi High Court dismissed her petition for quashing the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in the money laundering case.
Two months later, the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the high court's order.
Delhi Police had booked Chandrasekhar for allegedly duping the spouses of former promoters of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh and Malvinder Singh, of Rs 200 crore.
There are other ongoing investigations against him in several cases across the country.
Chandrasekhar and his wife, Leena Paulose, facing proceedings in a money laundering case, were arrested by Delhi Police along with others.
The police invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the case.
Paulose and Chandrasekhar were alleged to have used 'hawala' routes and created shell companies along with other accused persons to park the money earned as proceeds of crime.
