India man wins 22-year court battle against railways over 21 pence

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After 22 Years, Man Wins Court Battle Over 25 Cents

He was overcharged for a train ticket in India in 1999

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff
Posted Aug 12, 2022 12:39 PM CDT

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India man wins 22-year court battle against railways over 21 pence

By Cherylann Mollan
BBC News, Mumbai

An Indian man has won a case related to an overpriced railway ticket after almost 22 years.

Tungnath Chaturvedi, a lawyer, was charged 20 rupees ($0.25; £0.21) extra for two tickets he had bought in 1999. ... The incident occurred at Mathura cantonment railway station in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

A consumer court last week ruled in Mr Chaturvedi's favour and asked the railways to refund the amount with interest.

"I have attended more than 100 hearings in connection with this case," Mr Chaturvedi, 66, told the BBC. "But you can't put a price on the energy and time I've lost fighting this case."

Consumer courts in India specifically deal with grievances related with services. But they are known to be overburdened by cases and sometimes it can take years for even simple cases to be solved.

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I can't imagine why.

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1. Why? As my dear, departed mother would say after winning an argument with Sears, Walmart and

whatever other emporium pissed her off --- "Well, what would you do?"

She was always right. Most of it was stuff, maybe $10.00. Maybe $50.00.

But then there was the time she found out my father was owed thousands of dollars from the township where he spent his working life as a laborer. Without a lawyer and after weeks of pestering, she walked out with a $7,000.00 check and continuing monthly payments for Medicare for as long as they lived.

"They owed it to us. Well, what would you do?"