{
  "id": 16695839,
  "title": "Bengaluru society withholds 66-year-old woman’s FD for 6 years, she gets Rs 3.35 lakh",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/bengaluru-society-withholds-66-year-old-womans-fd-for-6-years-she",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T02:30:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/bengaluru-society-66-year-old-womans-fd-6-years-rs-3-35-lakh-10937238/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 66-year-old woman in Bengaluru has been awarded Rs 3.35 lakh by a Consumer Commission after her credit co-operative society withheld her fixed deposit for six years. The society, which had received the deposit on October 11, 2017, for a three-year term at an interest rate of 9.5 per cent per annum, failed to repay the matured deposit despite repeated visits and a legal notice. The commission found the society guilty of deficiency in service and unfair trade practice under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, and ordered it to refund the principal amount along with Rs 25,000 in compensation and Rs 10,000 in litigation costs. The woman, Sabitha, needed the funds for personal and family commitments and suffered financial hardship and mental agony due to the delay.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}