Peshawar court fines clothing brand as customer charged for shopping bag
PESHAWAR: A consumer court on Thursday imposed a Rs50,000 fine on a major clothing brand for charging a customer for a shopping bag and ordered it to return the Rs30 it had charged for the bag. Judge Nasrullah Khan Gandapur announced the verdict on the complaint of Shafaq Aamir, who had approached the court against a clothing brand for charging the shopping bag earlier in February this year.…
A consumer court in Peshawar has imposed a Rs50,000 fine on a prominent clothing brand for charging a customer Rs30 for a shopping bag. The decision was made following a complaint from Shafaq Aamir, who had purchased clothing worth Rs7,000 from the brand's outlet in February. Lawyer Ahsan Sardar represented the complainant, while Mohammad Omea Advocate argued on behalf of the brand.
The court ruled that the brand's actions constituted unfair trade under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Consumers Protection Act, 1997. The brand had charged the customer for the bag, which bore the brand's logo, even though it was provided free of charge upon request. The court ordered the brand to refund Rs30 to Aamir, along with compensation of Rs25,000, and a fine of Rs25,000 to be paid to the government.
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