Bengaluru/New Delhi: The Consumer Court of Bengaluru has imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on a matrimonial company for not being able to find a bride. Actually, the boy's father had approached the court and alleged that the company had given a hundred percent guarantee of finding a bride for his son, but did not show any relationship. Let us tell you what is the whole matter
Vijay Kumar KS, a resident of MS Nagar in Bengaluru, was looking for a girl for his son Balaji's marriage. For this, Vijay Kumar registered on the website of a matrimonial company in March 2024. The matrimonial company promised to find a bride in 45 days. For this, Rs 30,000 was also taken as an initial fee.
The father made these allegations against the company
When the given time was over, the boy's father Vijay Kumar asked about this, there was no reply from the company. After a few days, the company asked him to wait till the end of April.
This time also passed, but the company did not show any relationship. When Vijay Kumar talked to the company about this, he was mistreated by the company representatives.
After this, in May 2024, Vijay Kumar approached the consumer court against the matrimonial company located in Kalyan Nagar, Bengaluru. A legal notice was sent to the company by the court, but no one from the company responded to this notice.
No objection was lodged on Vijay's complaint. In such a situation, on 28 October, the court issued an order against this matrimonial company named 'Dil Mill'.
Decision given for not responding to the notice
In its order, the court said that the company should return Rs 30,000 with 6 percent interest. Along with this, the company was also ordered to pay a compensation of Rs 20,000 to the victim for its poor services.
The consumer court also ordered the company to pay Rs 5,000 as compensation to the customer for causing mental agony and Rs 5,000 for the expenses incurred in legal proceedings.
Referring to an order of 2018, the Consumer Court said that if the accused party does not appear before the court and file an affidavit on its behalf, then the allegations can be considered true.
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