Chairperson Prakash Shrivastava (judicial member) and expert member Dr A Senthil Vel however reduced the quantum of compensation payable from about ₹13 lakhs to ₹6 lakhs after reconsidering the number of days of the violation.
The NGT observed that in a written recommendation, an Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) had initially determined the number of days of the violation to be 32 days, based on the date of the first reply by Amazon. However, in a later part of the report, the number was changed to 70, based on the date of the second reply by Amazon.
The Tribunal took note of this error and stated,
“Such an approach of the EAC is apparently faulty and, therefore, levy of EC of 70 days on the basis of recommendation of the EAC without taking note of the mistake by the EAC cannot be sustained.”
Source: Barandbench
