First Appeal No. 882 of 2013. Case: Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) Vs Ram Swaroop. Haryana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Case NumberFirst Appeal No. 882 of 2013
CounselFor Appellant: Mr. Rohit Goswami, Advocate and For Respondents: Party-in-Person
JudgesNawab Singh, J. (President), B.M. Bedi, Member (J) and Urvashi Agnihotri, Member
IssueConsumer Law
CitationI (2014) CPJ 279 (Har.)
Judgement DateMonday January 20, 2014
CourtHaryana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

Order:

Nawab Singh, J. (President)

  1. This appeal has been filed by Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited, Service Centre, Kalanwali (for short 'IFFCO') against the order dated October 24th, 2013 passed by District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Sirsa (for short 'District Forum') whereby, an amount of Rs. 42,000, was awarded to Ram Sawroop-complainant (respondent herein), on account of loss that occurred to his crop, Rs. 5,000 as compensation for harassment and Rs. 550 as litigation expenses. The amount awarded was to be paid within one month from the date of receipt of the copy of the order, failure to which interest at the rate of 9% per annum was awarded from the date of filing complaint, that is, October 26th, 2012 till payment. Respondent had purchased 5 kgs of Guar Seed against payment of Rs. 2,000 from the appellant, which was sown in his field. The seed was found to be defective. He approached the office of Deputy Director, Agriculture, Sirsa. The Deputy Director Agriculture constituted a...

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