I am a practicing advocate and one of the prime member/customers of swiggy, having bought goods worth thousands of rupees through swiggy during last two years.
Today morning, i. E. On 24th april, 2020, i had placed an order for delivering 3 packets of butter of punjab and sindh dairy, (Mulund, west, mumbai) totally valued at rs. 330/- and delivery charges of rs. 50/- to be delivered at the place of my brother having his address at 3rd floor, mulund devi niwas chs limited. My order no. Was #[protected].
Along with the address i had specifically mentioned the mobile number of my brother, to enable the delevery boy to contact my brother in case of any querry or difficulty. The address was having complete details and landmark was given as next to chandan baug school, mulund, west. I had already shown my generosity by paying tip of rs. 20/- to delivery boy in advance.
However, without calling to my brother and without assigning any reason, swiggy cancelled the order and deducted rs. 205/- as cancellation fee.
Only an amount of rs. 204/ was refunded to me. I was extremely shocked upon the arbitrary cancellation of the said order. Because, in past on hundreds of occasions, swiggy representatives had delivered the order at same address.
When i requested to customer care to provide me the copies of kyc or cancellation rules (If any), nothing was furnished to me. I was not explained any thing about cancellation policy of swiggy.
Ultimately swiggy refused to refund my balance amount od rs. 205/- without any valid reasons.
This is nothing but a gross act of cheating the innocent members of public in the hard time of lock down and robbing them of their hard earned money. Though non refund of rs. 205/- is not a big amount and swiggy is not going to become rich by withholding this amount illegally. But it has really shocked my conscience and i will be failing in my obligations to society if i do not take up this issue further with all the authorities.
I have therefore no option but to adopt strict legal proceedings against swiggy, so that innocent members of public are not cheated in the tough time of lock down.