A consumer commission in Punjab has directed a used-vehicles dealer to pay Rs 2.57 lakh to a 42-year-old man who discovered that the second-hand car he had purchased months ago was allegedly blacklisted in connection with proceedings underway before the Punjab and Haryana High Court .

The man had bought the vehicle in July 2022 after the dealer assured him that it was in good running condition and had proper documents. However, in December that year, he received a notice from the vehicle registration authority asking him to produce the car for inspection and verification, stating that it was involved in a case pending before the high court.

Deciding the man’s complaint, the commission comprising president Naveen Puri and members Harvimal Dogra and Prem Singh Salaria of the Hoshiarpur Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission stated on October 21, “The opposite party (reseller) failed to exercise reasonable care in relation to the vehicle’s antecedent legal status and failed to provide the complainant with a…