Summary:
The court rejected the airline’s defence and ordered it to pay Rs 50,000 for unfair trade practice, Rs 10,000 for mental harassment, and Rs 5,000 for legal expenditure. He had ordered Asian vegetarian meal, but was served non-vegetarian food. He took photographs and videos of the food item and the events that followed on the flight.Jani sued the airline for Rs 7.25 lakh compensation. He told TOI, “Since I have never eaten non-vegetarian food, I cannot say whether they had served me chicken or mutton.”The airline contended that Jani had ordered Asian vegetarian meal first, but later changed his order. The airline said the food packet delivered to him had the ‘non-veg’ label..