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Centre Was Asked By SC To Decide In 4 Weeks Representation On Petrol Pumps Swindling Customers, 2019

Team SoOLEGAL 4 Feb 2019 3:00pm

Centre Was Asked By SC To Decide In 4 Weeks Representation On Petrol Pumps Swindling Customers, 2019

“The Centre was asked by Supreme Court to take a call on a petition moved by an advocate highlighting how petrol pumps have been swindling customers by dispensing small amount fuel for the price remunerated and advising measures such as a transparent hosepipe and a transparent dispenser to be set with the fuel vending machine to save customers from being tricked.”

A bench was headed by Justice AK Sikri in SC said the Centre to make a decision within four weeks, the representation made by advocate Amit Sahni.
Sahni went to the court running how petrol pumps have made it a business practice to fool customers by providing them lesser amount of fuel than what they actually pay for and shared that petrol pumps use a micro-chip which cuts down the flow of fuel by as much as ten percent while the meter reading speeds up.

In the said petition filed through advocate Preeti Singh, therefore Sahni shared an incident from Punjab which went viral on social media. The video clearly shows how while a staff member at the petrol pump filled fuel in the car, the customer learnt that there was only the sound of petrol being filled in the tank but no fuel was actually being filled in.

On 7th December, 2018, Sahni sent a representation to the Petroleum Ministry, but no action was taken. While in the representation, Sahni had suggested that, i) Black hosepipe for vending fuel should be replaced with a transparent pipe, to make it clear that the customer could see the fuel passing through the same in his/her vehicle, ii) Transparent dispenser with measuring labels should be installed/connected along with the Fuel Vending Machines in such a way that the amount of fuel paid for first fills in the dispenser and then diffused into the vehicle.




Tagged: petrol pump   SC   Sahni   Sikri  
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