Plea In Madras High Court Says Uniform Worn By Delivery Partners Of Quick Commerce Platforms Being Misused By Criminals, Seeks Guidelines

Justice P Velmurugan issued notice to the DGP on a petition filed by Nithyanantham and adjourned the case by 4 weeks.

In his plea, Nithyanantham submitted that though delivery partners of Swiggy, Zomato, Dunzo, Zepto, etc were expected to wear the company's uniform, most often, they did not carry any identity card displaying their name and other details. It was also submitted that in some cases, the delivery partners came without uniforms or would come wearing helmets making it difficult to identify the delivery person's face.

Pointing to the recent trends of crimes being committed by persons posing to be delivery partners, he submitted that in many cases, people wearing delivery partner's uniforms would go unsuspected as people would assume that they are waiting for delivery. Thus, he pointed out that the same could be curtailed by formulating guidelines for the delivery partners. In the absence of regulations, he argued that there was a chance that people may use the uniform of delivery partners and be involved in crimes.

He added that though a representation was submitted to the DGP to look into the issue and form suitable guidelines, no action has been taken to date which is highly arbitrary, unjust, and discriminatory in nature. Thus, he approached the high court seeking appropriate directions.

Case Title: LN Nithyanantham v The Director General of Police

Case No: WP 1820 of 2025