Chandigarh’s District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has dismissed a criticism towards a Haryana Roadways driver for smoking in a bus and mentioned, “Force or compulsion cannot give 100% success in rooting out this social evil. “
The fee was listening to a criticism by Ashok Kumar Prajapat of Hisar (Haryana) alleging that on July 1, 2019, he traveled from Jind to Kaithal in a Haryana Roadways bus. Parjapat mentioned he was extremely allergic to cigarette smoke and tobacco merchandise, however the driver smoked within the bus after stopping the car at Patiala Chowk.
He mentioned he felt uncomfortable and requested the motive force to give up smoking, reminding him that smoking in public locations is against the law. The driver stopped smoking and the bus conductor additionally assured Parjapat that he would now not enable the motive force to smoke within the bus.
Parjapat mentioned that he complained to the Haryana Roadways, who after conducting an inquiry imposed a effective of solely Rs 200 on the motive force, after which he went to the fee in Chandigarh.
“…the driver of the bus was fined Rs 200, so he has already been punished. In such a case, imposing any further cost or penalty on the same person/driver for the same mistake/deed would entail double jeopardy, so that a person cannot be punished twice for the same offence,” the fee mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
