Air Deccan fined for negligence

Guwahati: A consumer court of Asom has not only fined Air Deccan for negligence but also forced it to pay Rs 64,309 as compensation.
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 15:00 hours.
However, he was surpised to find that the flight had already left at 13:25 hours.
The authorities neither gave a satisfactory answer nor did they bother to re-imburse the ticket amount. Dr Nath then filed a case against the flight authorities. 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, Air Deccan headquarters settled the remaining amount.
22/09/06 UNI/The Hindu

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