State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission fines people for using mobile phones in courtroom, a 10-year-old rule

Members of the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC) of Maharashtra are all smiles. Their department has collected Rs 2 lakh in the last one year alone the highest amount they have ever collected.

And they have done this by stringently following one simple court rule fining all those who broke the rule that bars the use of mobile phones in the courtroom.

S Wagh, registrar of the SCDRC said, "The fine on using cellphones has ben applicable in every court since the last 10 years, but since this June we decided to follow the rule stringently."

EMBARRASSED: Pawan Sahu was once fined when his phone rang in the court