Air Deccan fined for negligence

Guwahati, Sep 21 (UNI) A consumer court of Asom has not only fined Air Deccan for negligence but also forced it to pay Rs 64,309 as compensation.

A passenger filed a petition against the flight authorities after he missed the flight because of inadequate information.

The consumer court after hearing the petition issued a non bailable arrest warrant against the Company Chief Executive and ordered payment of compensation along with the fine.

According to the petition filed before Sonitpur District Consumer Redressal forum, scientist Dr Deepak Nath was supposed to fly to Delhi on April 21, 2005 at 1500 hours.

However, he was surpised to find that the flight had already left at 1325 hours.

When the scientist wanted to know why he and a few other passengers were not informed about the change in timings, the authorities neither gave a satisfactory answer nor did they bother to reimburse the ticket amount.

An enraged Dr Nath then filed a case against the flight authorities.

The Air Deccan instead of compensating the total amount, as decreed by the court, sent a draft of Rs 32,155 to Dr Nath, prompting him to once again approach the court.

The court then issued non-bailable arrest warrant against the Air Deccan chief executive for willfully defying its order.

Soon after this the Air Deccan headquarter sent the remaining amount.

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