Arrest Ambanis For Not Providing New Cellphone: Kolkata Court

[Arun 795]

Zee News

Kolkata, February 19 2007

A consumer court here has issued arrest warrants against Ambani brothers, Mukesh and Anil, for alleged failure of Reliance Infocomm to comply with its order to supply a new mobile handset to an aggrieved customer.

Calcutta District Forum (Unit-1) president M Roy issued the warrants against the brothers on February 13 and directed the respective police stations to produce them before him on March 1st.

The warrants were issued after Reliance Infocomm, which was under the control of Mukesh earlier but later went under Anil following the split between them, "failed" to comply with the order of CDF on August 26, 2005, that the company should supply a fresh mobile handset worth Rs 10,500 within 30 days and a sum of Rs 2000 as compensation to the customer, Subhash Priyadarshi.

The warrants directed Nariman point police station, Mumbai, and park street police station, Kolkata, to arrest Mukesh and Anil and produce them before the forum.

Both the companies declined to comment when contacted.

Priyadarshi, a businessman, had filed the complaint against Reliance Infocomm in 2004, when the Ambani brothers were together, claiming that the company did not honour the subscription agreement that it would provide a new set if the old one is lost.

Reliance Infocom contended before the CDF that it had no jurisdiction to entertain the case and that the complainant had no good and sufficient ground for bringing the case against them.

[KumaarShah 143]

Serves them right.

Need more such cases to drill some sense of decency in them.

[HetalDP 947]

Arrest Both of them. That teach them some thing.

[abhay 0]

they wont get arrested !! previously also there have been warrants against them nothing happened

[HetalDP 947]

It is true Not They any body will not get arrested for such small case.

But The Company should get Fined for that atleast.

[copperco2 24]

If at all they are arrested one thing surely be good.

They will stick together and cool their heels.

An Industrial Empire pushed them apart and a jail term will bring them closer..

huh.. anywhich they are too bad.

[@ksh@T 20]

man they have huge money ....they wd atleast bribe someone or pay an amount for fine..... that woulld be their hourly or half hourly income

[GSV13 0]

Send them to Dhirubhai asap!!

Also give them three mobiles with new onnet pack of 1000 mins activated not the old one &

lets see how they cope up within 1000pm of talk to there respectable wives

[HetalDP 947]

All There uses Hutch for Better coverage an Good Voice Quality.

They Dont use UIM hey GSV13 What R U talking.

(Pappa reliance par sambhalatu nathi, mane Hutch Phone par call karo !!)

[abhay 0]

It is true Not They any body will not get arrested for such small case.

But The Company should get Fined for that atleast.

yup they should start fine'ing them 50 times the claim amt and utilize it in and as a USO fund then these companies will start giving proper attention to us consumers

[Arun 795]

Consumer court recalls warrants against Ambani brothers

Zee News

Kolkata, February 20 2007

Arrest warrants against the Ambani brothers, Mukesh and Anil, issued by a consumer court here were recalled today after Reliance Infocomm moved a petition.

The Calcutta District Forum (Unit-1) ordered the recall of the warrants after a petition was moved on behalf of the Ambanis along with a demand draft of Rs 14,000.

The forum had earlier issued the warrants against the Ambanis after Reliance Infocomm failed to comply with its award directing the company to supply a new mobile handset worth Rs 10,500 and Rs 2000 as compensation to an aggrieved customer.

The award was given by the forum after Subhas Priyadarshi alleged in a petition that Reliance Infocomm, which was under Mukesh Ambani earlier but later went to Anil Ambani following their split, had failed to honour a subscription agreement that it would provide a new mobile set if the phone given by the company was lost or stolen within three years.

The matter will be heard on March 1.

[amtrag 20]

This issuing of warrants against the "maaliks of the company" is really stupidity at it's height...

Why? If you have a complain against BSNL, would the courts issue warrants against the Telecom minister?? ...never

Or if you don't get to sit in a train despite having a valid ticket or even reservation, would the railway minister get arrested??? ..the answer is again NO.

[raccoon 53]

Why is it stupidity? Somebody has to be accountable! Else you think they will pay heed? Besides, we are talking about a pvt. company ...in the case of Railways/BSNL, I guess the head should/would be held accountable ...and maybe not the minister himself ...not sure what the law states in that particular respect though... would need to look at it...

Edited February 24, 2007 by raccoon