This story is from May 30, 2023

Rs 2,000 notes' payment denied, Vadodara lawyer seeks FIR

The customary car maintenance has turned out to be an exasperating experience for a city-based advocate as the company's authorized service centre has refused to return the four-wheeler as he insisted on making the payment with Rs 2,000 notes.
Rs 2,000 notes' payment denied, Vadodara lawyer seeks FIR
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VADODARA: The customary car maintenance has turned out to be an exasperating experience for a city-based advocate as the company's authorized service centre has refused to return the four-wheeler as he insisted on making the payment with Rs 2,000 notes.
In fact, the squabble over acceptance of the legal tender has reached the police commissioner's office with the lawyer Jaydeep Verma filing an application for complaint against the service centre of Kiran Motors, one of the oldest car dealerships.

While fights between customers and vendors including restaurants, hotels, petrol pumps etc have become increasingly common after the RBI's announcement of the withdrawal of these notes, this is probably the first case in which police action has been formally sought.
Verma gave his car for servicing three days ago but when he sent his driver to pick it up, the employees at the service centre refused to hand it over as he gave Rs 2,000 notes for payment. In fact, the bill was barely around Rs 6,352.
Aggrieved with the service centre, Verma filed a written complaint at the police commissioner's office on May 27 and sought an FIR against Kiran Motors Ltd (KML) management.
"I gave my car at the KML centre in Chhani on May 26. In the evening, I sent my driver to pick up the car and pay the bill. He gave three Rs 2,000 notes at the counter as the payment but they refused to accept it," Verma told TOI.
"My driver even went to the accounts department but there too he was told they won't accept the notes. The staff said that they wouldn't release my car unless the payment was made in another denomination," Verma claimed.

Stating that Rs 2,000 note is still a legal tender, Verma insisted on paying the amount in cash and that too using these notes. "I don't use payment wallets or UPI. To pay such a small amount, I would have to add them to net banking and then transfer money. Cash payment was much easier and they should have accepted the notes," he said.
When contacted, KML centre's manager Ketan Patel said, "Our staff may have refused to accept the notes if they were in bad condition. We don't have any policy of not accepting Rs 2,000 notes. We also offered him to pay the bill through some other mode."
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