Marriage hall manager not refunding the amount on cancellation

895 votes

Need to look at the Marriage booking receipt and legal notice. Have you given any sort of reply to the legal notice?
Your case is a contractual obligation. your oral representation and acceptance by the manager of the marriage hall does not stand a chance of good evidence unless the same was accepted by that manager.
If you have a favorable case you can claim the money you paid and damages for the loss incurred to you and emotional breakdown of your family.

Advocate GP Vijay LawRato

929 votes

First of all, you have cancelled the Marriage hall on account of unavoidable circumstances and further at the time of booking the Hall, you have asked him in advance that if it was cancelled, whether the money will be refunded and the hall manager also promised to refund the amount.

Further your son’s proposed marriage date supposed to be held on 09.09.2015 but you have cancelled on 11.07.2015, i.e., sixty days prior to marriage date. Whereas you have cancelled the marriage hall within reasonable time, hence no deduction shall be made except the taxes. Adding to the above if the hall manager have conducted any marriage or any functions in the marriage hall on the proposed marriage date i.e, 09.09.2015, he ought to pay the advance amount as promised.

If he fail to refund the amount, you can seek the help of court. Whereas the courts have resolved many such cases and while in some cases they have directed full refund, in some cases they have directed partial payment according to the circumstances and evidences involved.

I would like to know further details:-

i) At the time of booking the marriage hall, whether the hall manager provided any receipt/booking card for the said payment?

ii) If you have received the receipt, whether any terms and conditions were printed stating that they will not refund the advance amount (in case the cancellation)?

iii) Whether you have any proof for the acknowledgement made by the Hall manager, that he will refund the money?

iv) You have given a letter regarding the cancellation of marriage hall and also stated that the hall manager acknowledged the same, whether he has signed with seal in your copy letter as his acknowledgement?

Advocate Senthil Kumar LawRato