The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Kapurthala, has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 with 8 per cent interest per annum on Soma Isolux NH One Tollways Pvt Ltd for damage caused to the car of a Ludhiana-based resident due to potholes near Khanna on the Panipat-Jalandhar National Highway.
The complainant, Smita Jindal of Kitchlu Nagar, had filed a complaint with the commission in November 2016. In the complaint, she said on January 6, 2015 she travelled from Ludhiana to Delhi via Chandigarh and Karnal and thereafter returned to Ludhiana via Ambala, Rajpura and Khanna on January 10, 2015.