The bench, which also comprised member S M Kantikar, noted that the complainant was alerted by a co-passenger before he could eat the non-vegetarian food served to him. “It cannot be said with certainty that the complainant consumed a morsel of non-vegetarian food. According to the complaint, on May 6, 2011, while flying from Zurich to Mumbai, Jain was served with a non-vegetarian meal whereas he had opted for a special vegetarian Jain meal. The forum had also granted a compensation of Rs 20,000 and Rs 10,000 as cost towards the litigation to Jain. Jain’s appeal for enhancing the compensation was rejected by the state commission after which he approached NCDRC.

Source: Hindustan Times August 23, 2016 13:52 UTC