The demand was raised by the bank after a person went to a computer store to buy a laptop with complainant Khem Chand Mishra's credit card number, but doubting the credential of the person, the shop owner did not sell him the laptop and informed the bank about the incident.
The New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in its order held that the disputed transaction of Rs 46,490 never took place because the store owner neither sold the laptop nor raised any demand from the bank.
Yet the bank raised an illegal demand from Mishra and forced him into litigation, said the consumer forum.
"The opposite party 2 (computer store) has not raised any demand from the bank nor has the bank paid any transaction amount for the laptop to the store. In these circumstances, there was no question of liability coming on complainant
