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NEW DELHI: A user committee has directed AirAsia to wage Rs 90,750 arsenic compensation aft a hybrid jackfruit sapling carried by a husbandman was damaged owed to a formation delay.The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Palakkad, Kerala, pronounced the bid connected 8 May 2026 aft AirAsia failed to look earlier the committee and was proceeded against ex-parte.What was the disputeThe complainant, Abdul Azeez C, a husbandman from Palakkad engaged successful "cultivation and probe of hybrid effect species," had travelled from Kochi to Kuala Lumpur connected 26 August 2025, and the adjacent time from Kuala Lumpur to Kualanamu, Indonesia, specifically to acquisition a hybrid jackfruit sapling for his farm.His instrumentality travel connected 30 August 2025 was from Medan-Kualanamu to Kochi via Kuala Lumpur.However, the formation from Medan-Kualanamu was delayed for respective hours, causing him to scope Kuala Lumpur aft the connecting formation to Kochi had already departed.Stranded astatine Kuala Lumpur airport, the complainant instantly approached AirAsia authorities requesting an alternate formation connected the aforesaid day.He was adjacent acceptable to wage other magnitude arsenic helium was carrying a delicate hybrid jackfruit sapling that would not past prolonged delay.However, AirAsia officials informed him that the adjacent disposable formation to Kochi was lone aft 3 days, connected 2 September 2025.The committee recovered this to beryllium a misleading statement, arsenic the complainant himself managed to publication different AirAsia formation from Kuala Lumpur to Kochi connected 31 August 2025 and reached Kochi the aforesaid day, producing the summons arsenic grounds earlier the commission.
Due to the hold and the missed connection, the sapling got damaged and became wholly useless."The full expenses incurred for the travel became futile and the complainant is present compelled to undertake a caller travel to Indonesia to acquisition different sapling," the committee noted.What the committee ruledSince AirAsia neither appeared earlier the committee nor filed immoderate effect contempt announcement being served by email connected 7 February 2026, the committee proceeded ex-parte and held that successful the lack of immoderate contrary evidence, it would judge the complainant's version.The committee observed that "the hold and missing of the transportation formation were wholly owed to deficiency successful work and deficiency of co-ordination connected the portion of the other party.""The complainant has suffered fiscal nonaccomplishment and intelligence agony owed to the deficiency successful work connected the portion of the other enactment and is bound to compensate the complainant for that," the tribunal further observed.Accordingly, the seat directed AirAsia to refund the full summons fare of Rs 30,750 for the Medan-Kualanamu to Kochi journey, reimburse question and accommodation expenses of Rs 25,000, wage Rs 25,000 arsenic compensation for deficiency successful service, and Rs 10,000 arsenic litigation costs.The amounts were directed to beryllium paid wrong 45 days, failing which AirAsia would beryllium liable to wage Rs 500 per period arsenic solatium until last payment.
