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Vijay Gopal, Hyderabad-based consumer rights activist shares, important pointers on what apartment complex residents can do to fight hefty maintenance charges being levied on them.
When Rohit Patel from Ahmedabad was charged Rs 164 for a bottle of water, which is usually worth Rs 20, he refused to turn a blind eye. He undertook a five-year-long battle with the hotel at the Ahmedabad (Rural) Consumer Disputes Redressal under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
Bhaskar Jadhav from the Mumbai police was charged Rs 10 more than the MRP of an ice cream pack under ‘cooling charges’. He fought a case for five years to ensure such ‘charges’ went away.
“The app has come at just the right time. We were worried about the losses our students could have incurred because of this lockdown," says a government school teacher. #CoronaLockdown
This much-needed move would help not only bring down the production of cheap and unsafe helmets but also reduce road-accident casualties due to poor quality helmets.
"By the time I bought the tickets, my transaction had increased by 30% of the amount I had initially seen for the movie ticket price. Unfortunately, this practice isn’t merely limited to Paytm or INOX, even cab services and food delivery apps levy this charge,” says Vijay Gopal. #ConsumerRights #RBI