{"id":1242059,"date":"2023-02-01T08:12:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T02:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1242059"},"modified":"2023-02-01T08:13:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T02:43:14","slug":"ola-customer-gets-rs-15000-because-ac-was-not-working-in-the-cab-this-is-what-bengaluru-consumer-court-ordered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/ola-customer-gets-rs-15000-because-ac-was-not-working-in-the-cab-this-is-what-bengaluru-consumer-court-ordered\/","title":{"rendered":"Ola Customer Gets Rs 15,000 Because AC Was Not Working In The Cab! 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In the Bengaluru man&#8217;s case, they have caused the customer inconvenience and mental agony without providing AC service for the entire trip period of eight hours,\u201d the judges said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court ruled in Bhusan\u2019s favour and ordered Aggarwal to pay Rs 10,000 as compensation for causing mental agony and inconvenience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/trends\/bengaluru-man-sues-olas-bhavish-aggarwal-over-defunct-ac-in-cab-wins-rs-15000-9946971.html\/amp?utm_campaign=fullarticle&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=inshorts\">also <\/a>directed to bear the complainant\u2019s litigation expenses of Rs 5,000, besides refunding the full fare of Rs 1,837 with interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A customer sued Ola Cabs over a non-functioning air conditioning unit in one of their cars for which Ola Cabs co-founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has been ordered to pay Rs 15,000 as compensation. 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