{
  "id": 16290209,
  "title": "Delhi luxury restaurant fined Rs 1 lakh for automatically adding service charge to bills",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/delhi-luxury-restaurant-fined-rs-1-lakh-for-automatically-adding",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-24T06:04:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/delhi-luxury-restaurant-fined-rs-1-lakh-service-charge-bills-10933881/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Delhi luxury restaurant fined Rs 1 lakh for automatically adding service charge to bills. The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) held the restaurant liable for unfair trade practice, misleading advertisement, and violation of consumer rights. The restaurant was found to have added a service charge to customers' food bills without their consent.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}