Lalitha Jewellery sold 'pure' silver, test found 80.95% purity: Consumer commision ordered Rs 10,000 compensation over Rs 104 overcharge

Lalitha Jewellery has been ordered to refund an overcharge of Rs 104 and pay Rs 10,000 in compensation after a Warangal consumer commission found that a silver tumbler it sold with a declared purity of 85 per cent tested at only 80.95 per cent at an independent hallmarking centre. The commission ruled the conduct amounted to unfair trade practice.

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