Weighty argument: Scale shop sued for over Rs1m

Petitioner sought reimbursement and damages.

LAHORE:

A consumer court issued notice to the Crown Mills Store managing director for February 1 in a Rs1.405m suit.

Petitioner M Sajid, the owner of Punjab Protein Farms, said he purchased a weighing scale on October 15, 2011 for Rs350,000 which turned out to be defective. He said his reputation had been damaged before his clients as a result and the respondent had refused to change the scale. He sought reimbursement of the Rs0.35m, Rs0.5m for loss of reputation, Rs0.5m for ‘mental torture’, and Rs55,000 in other fees.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 8^th, 2013.