Agartala:
A consumer court in Tripura has ordered Cadbury India Ltd to pay a compensation of Rs.30, 000 to a complainant who found an iron pin inside a chocolate bar made by the company, an official said here Wednesday.
"A man purchased a Cadbury chocolate on Dec 16, 2011, for his three-year-old daughter and found an iron pin inside the bar when the girl tried to eat it. Subsequently, he filed a complaint before a consumer forum," a food department official told reporters in Agartala.
"After conducting a hearing, the west Tripura district consumer disputes redressal forum last week ordered Cadbury India Ltd to pay a compensation of Rs.30, 000 to the complainant within a month."
The forum, which in its judgment said the chocolate was hazardous, also asked the chocolate company to pay Rs.1, 000 to the complainant towards the cost of litigation.
"A man purchased a Cadbury chocolate on Dec 16, 2011, for his three-year-old daughter and found an iron pin inside the bar when the girl tried to eat it. Subsequently, he filed a complaint before a consumer forum," a food department official told reporters in Agartala.
"After conducting a hearing, the west Tripura district consumer disputes redressal forum last week ordered Cadbury India Ltd to pay a compensation of Rs.30, 000 to the complainant within a month."
The forum, which in its judgment said the chocolate was hazardous, also asked the chocolate company to pay Rs.1, 000 to the complainant towards the cost of litigation.
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