Chandigarh, April 25 -- The state consumer disputes redressal commission has sentenced Gurpreet Singh Sidhu, managing director of Emerging India Housing Corporation Private Limited., to two years imprisonment in a consumer dispute case for failing to comply with a refund order passed in favour of homebuyers.

The commission, comprising Justice Raj Shekhar Attri and member Preetinder Singh, also imposed a fine of Rs.2,000 on Sidhu. In default of payment of the fine, he will undergo an additional one month of simple imprisonment.

According to the order, complainants Roshan Kumar and Pooja Garg had booked a flat in the builder's project and paid Rs.18.86 lakh between 2011 and 2013. However, possession of the flat was not handed over and the...