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Mangaluru: Bed bug bite on private bus – Consumer Forum orders Rs 1.29 lac compensation

  •   Tue, Dec 31 2024 08:30:48 AM

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Dec 31: The consumer forum of Dakshina Kannada district has ordered a private bus operator and the Red Bus app to compensate a passenger with Rs 1.29 lac after she suffered a bed bug bite while traveling from Mangaluru to Bengaluru.

The incident occurred on a Sea Bird bus, where Deepika Suvarna, who had booked her ticket through the Red Bus app, endured bed bug bites during her journey. She was traveling with her husband, Shobharaj Pavoor, to participate in the renowned TV show Raja Rani. The discomfort caused by the bites hampered her preparation for the show, leading to deductions in her payment for the reality show.

Deepika filed a complaint against Sea Bird Travels and Red Bus with the consumer court. After conducting an inquiry, the court ordered the bus operator and the app to jointly pay Rs 1 lac as compensation, Rs 18,650 as a fine, Rs 850 as a ticket refund, and Rs 10,000 towards legal expenses.

Advocate Chidananda Kedilaya represented the complainant in the case.
  

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  • Jhumla buster, Kudla

    Tue, Dec 31 2024

    Congratulations Advocate Chidananda Kedilaya Sir ! You are a leading light & great hope for the harassed common man. Thanks for your kind efforts, Sir. 🙏🏽 May the almighty grant you good health and happiness. Thanks to all members of the Consumer Forum for delivering justice to harassed victims of high handedness of such organised monopolists.

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  • Ronald, Manglaore

    Tue, Dec 31 2024

    Now Animal rights people will fight for Bed Bugs freedom and privacy.

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  • Pradeep, Mangalore

    Tue, Dec 31 2024

    Be careful if our finance minister came to know regarding this case she will deduct the GST from the compensation

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  • Ananda Moorthi., Thokkottu,575017.

    Tue, Dec 31 2024

    Now a days Consumer Court giving Good Judgement ,Compensation along with refund of Bus ticket.Bit if Bed Bug is there its not in this particular Seat.it may sucked other Passengers Blood during whole distance from Mangalore to Bangalore.

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  • M.Mathias, Mangalore

    Tue, Dec 31 2024

    Some people are concentrating only on how to make money and how to loot money.

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  • Flavian, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Tue, Dec 31 2024

    How can the Court prove that the bug belongs to the Bus Company or which passenger left it in the bus. First check this lady's household things. compensation claim is too huge for the minor beg bite!

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  • real kujuma, kodial

    Tue, Dec 31 2024

    one more example of extreme low class hygiene in public transports in the country...even travelling in train also one just cannot go to loo...and we speak about bullet trains without patri and imaginary pushpaka viamana....

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  • Mbeary, Dxb

    Tue, Dec 31 2024

    Wow. Congrats to petitioner for not accepting we as common public have to face everyday in our life and categorising it as swalpa adjust maadi.

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  • Joseph, Bombay

    Tue, Dec 31 2024

    Does this hold good if public transport like KSRTC etc. don't arrive on time or if services are truncated due to their inability holding the people at ransom without prior information? As this falls under the purview of essential services, can these be held accountable? This has to end somewhere and at some point-in-time.

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  • simon john, mangalore

    Tue, Dec 31 2024

    Congratulations! Mrs Deepika, Many people shy away from going to consumer court due to a lack of time or awareness. My wife, aged 70, was traveling from Mangalore to Bangalore and was asked to alight at a different stop because the bus wanted to take a deviation. My daughter was waiting at the designated stop, which was the booking destination. We were agonized for half an hour until we managed to trace my wife. I now regret not approaching the consumer court.

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  • Lawrence, USA

    Tue, Dec 31 2024

    Sir,, you should try to approach the consumer court with a request to condone the delay to set a precedent by holding wrongdoers accountable. When justice is pursued not for personal gain but to uphold ethics and fairness, it sends a strong message to society. Such actions can help in fostering accountability and ensuring that similar things are not repeated.

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  • Naveen, Mangalore

    Tue, Dec 31 2024

    Very Good Order from the court .

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