The Rangareddy consumer court has asked a function hall to refund Rs 90,000 to a complainant after the wedding was cancelled during the lockdown in 2021 due to COVID-19.
The consumer dispute resolution commission ordered Devaki Convention to return the bulk of the advance payment made by a complainant, who had initially deposited Rs 1 lakh for a wedding scheduled for May 22, 2021.
The complainant had booked the venue for 1,000 guests at a total cost of Rs 4.5 lakh, paying two installments of Rs 50,000 each in November 2020 and January 2021. However, the second wave of the pandemic and subsequent govt restrictions made it impossible to proceed with the planned celebration.