Mohali, Oct. 28 -- The district consumer disputes redressal commission directed Settling Abroad Services to pay Rs.3 lakh with 6% annual interest and Rs.30,000 in compensation and litigation expenses to a woman who alleged that the immigration firm mishandled her university fee and travel arrangements for studies in the United Kingdom (UK).

In an order, commission president SK Aggarwal and member Paramjeet Kaur partly allowed a complaint filed by Monika, a resident of Chandigarh, through her attorney, Avtar Singh.

Monika told the commission that she and her husband approached the firm to process her UK study application. Its representative, Amandeep Singh, allegedly charged Rs.17,700 as file fees and assured them that they would pay uni...