{
  "id": 16920557,
  "title": "Bengaluru man pays ₹12,500 monthly for 40 months, gets ₹20,000 from chit fund: Consumer court orders ₹4.08 lakh payout",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/bengaluru-man-pays-12-500-monthly-for-40-months-gets-20-000-from-chit",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-28T14:57:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/bengaluru-man-pays-12-500-monthly-for-40-months-gets-20-000-from-chit-fund-consumer-court-orders-4-08-lakh-payout-11793198548266.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Bengaluru consumer commission has directed Samith Chits Pvt Ltd to pay Vishnuprasad ₹4,07,940 with 6.5% annual interest after the company failed to clear his chit fund prize money. The subscriber had paid ₹12,500 monthly for 40 months and received only ₹20,000 after winning his bid.",
  "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."
}