NEW DELHI : In yet another jolt to Amity Business School, the Delhi state consumer commission has directed Amity Business School to pay Rs 1.10 lakh as compensation to a student Gunvinder Kaur Bhatia for misrepresenting that the course she had taken admission for was recognised by All India Council for Technical Education.

The commission, while awarding the compensation to Gunvinder Kaur, said : "The candidates should be adequately compensated for mental agony for having spent few years in obtaining the degree which was represented to be recognised by a government authority but later on found to be unrecognized."

The direction by the commission was given on an appeal filed by Gunvinder Kaur who had enrolled for a Post Graduate Diploma in International Business (PGDIB) at the business school in Noida - asking for the enhancement of the Rs 1 lakh compensation amount awarded by a district consumer forum.

The commission's Bench headed by Justice J D Kapoor said: "Unfair trade practice saddles the person who makes such representation with the liability of compensating the consumer according to the loss or injury suffered by the consumer due to such misrepresentation."

A quick survey reveals that Amity Business School has been dragged to court in a number of cases following withdrawal of AICTE approval to Amity's flagship course - the PGDM.

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