India, Feb. 1 -- The Additional District Consumer Commission of Thane has directed American Express Banking Corporation, a multinational bank, to pay Rs.1 lakh in compensation to Dr Rekha Choudhary, a prominent figure in the beauty and wellness industry, for wrongfully blocking her primary and supplementary credit cards without prior intimation.

Dr Choudhary had approached the commission, seeking the restoration of her American Express (AMEX) credit cards and Rs.1 crore in damages for the alleged wrongful blocking, which she claimed had caused financial losses to her and her company, One Line Wellness Private Limited.

In her complaint, filed through advocate Shobhana Gopal of LR & Associates, Dr Choudhary recounted that in December 2019...