Odisha State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission Directs To Pay Rs. 40,000/-For Cancelling Confirmed Order

The President of the Fee, Dr. DP Choudhury, thereby directed the corporate to pay a sum of Rs. 40,000/- as compensation to the Complainant, an aggrieved legislation pupil.

The Fee noticed,

“When there’s commercial made for provide positioned the OP who’s a reputed On-line Buying Web site and made provide as per the supplies accessible on file and the complainant positioned the order and similar has been confirmed, the settlement is full between the events. Had there been cancellation earlier than receipt of conformation, the matter would have been thought-about in any other case.“

The Fee rejected Amazon’s competition that the settlement was with a 3rd celebration and that it was not aware about the contract between the pupil and the laptop computer retailer.

It held that when the involved vendor was allowed on the e-commerce web site’s platform, the latter’s accountability can’t be misplaced sight of.

“Earlier than floating a suggestion, the OP [Amazon] ought to have thought-about whether or not he was capable of determine to problem the commercial and after the contract is accomplished, it has no enterprise to go away from the promise,” the Fee opined.

Background

The case dates again to the 12 months 2014, when Supriyo Ranjan Mahapatra, a legislation pupil, got here throughout a suggestion on Amazon India web site for a laptop computer of a sure firm for Rs 190 as towards the product’s unique worth of Rs 23,499.

Mahapatra positioned the order for a similar and likewise acquired an e-mail affirmation of his order having been efficiently positioned with an assurance that the product can be delivered quickly.

Some hours later, he acquired a telephone name from Amazon’s buyer care division saying his order stands cancelled on account of ‘pricing points’.

Mahapatra mentioned the identical was a breach of particular efficiency of the contract and regardless of a number of makes an attempt to contact buyer care via their helpline and e-mail, he didn’t obtain any response and was pressured to ship throughout a authorized discover on January 17, 2015, however in useless.

He then moved the District Shopper Discussion board, which held the corporate responsible of deficiency in service and allowed the criticism partially by directing it to pay compensation of Rs. 10,000/- and litigation value of Rs. 2,000/-.

Mahapatra then approached the State Fee in search of enhancement of compensation, on grounds of psychological agony. He submitted that he urgently wanted a laptop computer to finish a undertaking, and on account of Amazon’s unfair commerce observe he was pressured to purchase one other laptop computer.

He additional urged that punitive damages have to be imposed on the corporate so it doesn’t enterprise in such illegal actions sooner or later.

The case was handled underneath the erstwhile Shopper Safety Act, 1986.

Order

The Fee allowed the attraction and directed Amazon to pay Rs. 30,000/- for inflicting psychological agony and harassment to Mahapatra, Rs. 10,000/- in the direction of punitive damages, and Rs. 5,000/- in the direction of the value of litigation. Moreover, it was directed to pay Rs. 5,000/- as prices.