Retailer fined Rs 2,000 for charging 12% GST on MRP

Bareilly: A consumer court found a local retailer guilty of charging extra amount, 12% Goods and Service Tax (GST), on the maximum retail price (MRP) on the purchase of a bedsheet and slapped a fine of Rs 2,000 on him for ‘harassing the consumer mentally” and also ordered to repay the extra amount of Rs 444 that he had collected by wrong means. Advocate Khalid Jilani, complainant Naresh Gupta’s la…