The forum had taken up a case where the coaching institute was refusing to refund the fee to a student who hadn’t completed the course. Professor D C Pandey of Physics Point in Sector 17, has been told to pay Rs 10,000 as compensation to Nishant Bali, who had discontinued the course owing to ill health. The institute has also been directed to pay Rs 7,600 as the refunded course fee and litigation charges of Rs 2,100.

In his complaint, Nishant Bali had stated that he had enrolled with Physics Point on March 1, 2006 by paying Rs 2,000. On April 1, he paid another Rs 7,000, stated Bali. Classes started on April 1 but Nishant said he could continue only till May 10, 2006 and went back home (Talwara) due to ill health. Later, Bali said he made a request for a refund which, he said, was turned down by the institute.