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Delhi Hotel Restaurant Fined for Adding Service Charge to Bills
✍️ India Today
🗓 28 Oct 2026, 01:46 PM
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A restaurant at a five-star hotel in Delhi has been fined Rs 1 lakh for adding a service charge to customer bills, violating consumer rights.
The Delhi authorities have taken action against a restaurant at a prominent five-star hotel in the city for violating consumer rights. The restaurant was found to be adding a mandatory service charge to customer bills, which is a practice that has been widely criticized and deemed illegal by consumer protection agencies. The fine of Rs 1 lakh has been imposed as a penalty for this violation.