Parking contractor fined Rs 20,000

Chandigarh, October 24
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum-II has imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on a parking contractor of Sector 8, Chandigarh. The forum comprising president Lakshman Sharma and member Jaswinder Singh Sidhu also directed the respondent, Sanjeev Kumar, to pay Rs 7,000 as litigation costs.
The complainant, Shashi Kant Wadhawan, a resident of Sector 10, averred that he had parked his car in the parking lot of Sector 8, Chandigarh. On return, he found his car missing. The parking lot attendants refused to divulge any information or help him out. Ultimately, he reported the matter to the police and an FIR was lodged at the Sector 3 police station. He said though the insured declared value of the car was paid to him by the insurance company, he did not get money for wheel alloys, car stereo, central locking and gear lock.
Counsel for the parking contractor denied all allegations and pleaded that no document had been placed before the forum to prove that the complainant had ever visited the tennis ground in Sector 10. He said there was no mention of wheel alloys, stereo or tennis kit in the FIR. The forum observed that the complainant had failed to prove that the accessories of the vehicle were affixed with the car and the tennis kit was lying in the car. Therefore, he would not be compensated for these articles.