A consumer commission in Puducherry has held a restaurant liable for serving contaminated food after a dead insect was found in a plate of biriyani and directed it to compensate the customer while also providing 10 free plates of biriyani, TOI reported.
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Puducherry, comprising S. Mouttouvel (President), A.S. Suvitha (Member) and G. Arumugam (Member), ruled that serving contaminated food amounted to a deficiency in service under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.