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Relief To Star Plus And Bharti Airtel In KBC Case, SC Sets Aside NCDRC’s Order To Pay Rs. 1 Crore In Damages [Read Judgment]

Lawstreet Journal 30 Jan 2020 2:31am

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On 23rd January 2020, a Supreme Court Division Bench, set aside National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission’s (NCDR) order, in Star India (P) Ltd. v. Society of Catalysts & Anr, directing Star India and Bharti Airtel to collectively pay punitive damages in the amount of Rs. 1 crore to the complainant organisation under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, for unfair trade practice in their extremely popular TV game show ‘KBC’(Kaun banega Crorepati). 

SC had put a stay on NCDR’s order which in November 2008 penalised Star Plus and Airtel in the case. NCDR had imposed a penalty of Rs. 1 crore on the broadcaster of the show, Star Plus and it's sponsor Bharti Airtel for unfair trade practise. The complainant, which is a consumer society had filed a complaint against Star India and Bharti Airtel, inter alia, for unfair trade practice under section 2(1)(r)(3)(a) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 in NCDRC where they alleged that the creators of the show had deceived the viewers by creating an impression that the participation in the contest conducted at the end of each episode of KBC called “Har Seat Hot Seat” was free of cost, whereas the cost of organising the contest as well as the prize money was being reimbursed from the increased SMS rates by the sponsor company Airtel which was being shared with Star India. The complainant company grounded its allegations on a survey which it conducted and it was also published in the national daily “Hindustan… Continue Reading...


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