Store sued for Rs0.25m over Rs2,000 phone
Shop sued for allegedly selling defective phone worth less than Rs2000.
LAHORE:
A mobile phone shop has been sued for a quarter of a million rupees for allegedly selling a defective phone worth less than two thousand rupees.
A consumer court on Wednesday issued notice to Hina Enterprises for May 26 on a Rs242,950 suit filed by Rana Muhammad Amjad, a lights inspector for the city district government in Cantt.
Amjad says he bought a phone from the store in Arif Centre, Hall Road, for Rs1,950, but the phone stopped working two days later. He says he took the phone back to the shop and was told the phone would be repaired in two days, but when he returned with junior staff, the respondent insulted him and “passed harsh remarks”. The respondent then allegedly returned the mobile, claiming it had been repaired, but it again stopped working three days later. He says the respondent was refusing to reimburse him or repair his phone.
Amjad asked the court to direct the respondent to pay him Rs1,950 as the cost of the phone, Rs2,000 for fuel costs, Rs20,000 in damages, Rs20,000 for lawyer’s fees, and Rs200,000 for “defamation in the presence of subordinates of the complainant and general public”.
Muhammad Rihan, the owner of Hina Enterprises, denied insulting Amjad. He told the Tribune that Amjad had reported the phone defective ten days after buying it, not two days.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 21st, 2011.
A mobile phone shop has been sued for a quarter of a million rupees for allegedly selling a defective phone worth less than two thousand rupees.
A consumer court on Wednesday issued notice to Hina Enterprises for May 26 on a Rs242,950 suit filed by Rana Muhammad Amjad, a lights inspector for the city district government in Cantt.
Amjad says he bought a phone from the store in Arif Centre, Hall Road, for Rs1,950, but the phone stopped working two days later. He says he took the phone back to the shop and was told the phone would be repaired in two days, but when he returned with junior staff, the respondent insulted him and “passed harsh remarks”. The respondent then allegedly returned the mobile, claiming it had been repaired, but it again stopped working three days later. He says the respondent was refusing to reimburse him or repair his phone.
Amjad asked the court to direct the respondent to pay him Rs1,950 as the cost of the phone, Rs2,000 for fuel costs, Rs20,000 in damages, Rs20,000 for lawyer’s fees, and Rs200,000 for “defamation in the presence of subordinates of the complainant and general public”.
Muhammad Rihan, the owner of Hina Enterprises, denied insulting Amjad. He told the Tribune that Amjad had reported the phone defective ten days after buying it, not two days.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 21st, 2011.