HC stays 0.2m fine of Shohoz.com for train ticket mismanagement
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The High Court on Sunday stayed the decision of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) to fine Shohoz.com Tk 0.2 million based on the complaint of a Dhaka University (DU) student.
The High Court bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir passed the order after hearing on a writ petition filed by Shohoz.com.
Earlier on July 25, shohoz.com filed the writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of the verdict delivered by the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) fining Tk 0.2 million.
It also sought direction from the High Court to stay the fine, said Barrister Tanjib ul Alam who filed the writ petition on behalf of the shohoz.com.
Mohiuddin Rony, a fourth-year student of the Theatre and Performance Studies Department of the University of Dhaka, has been holding a sit-in in front of the ticket counters of the Kamalapur Railway Station in Dhaka since July 7, protesting the mismanagement of the railway department. He also gave a memorandum to the Director General of Bangladesh Railway regarding the issue.
On June 13, he tried to book train seats on the Dhaka-Rajshahi route from the railway website. As per his claim, although the money was deducted from his mobile banking account, he did not get a seat in the train.
Finally the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection on July 20 held hearing on his allegation and fined ticketing platform shohoz.com Tk 0.2 million for its negligence in the process of selling tickets.