Corporate Law : This article explains how consumer law regulates brand endorsements. The key takeaway is that endorsers face penalties only when m...
Corporate Law : Authorities have clarified that compulsory service charges violate consumer law, reaffirming that tips must be voluntary and canno...
Corporate Law : Overview of the Consumer Protection Act 2019, its key definitions, the establishment of CCPA, product liability, and penalties for...
Corporate Law : भारत में बढ़ते हुए बाजार के प्रभाव को देखते हुए भा...
Corporate Law : Explore the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on corporate claims under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, redefining 'person' and e...
Corporate Law : The CCPA imposed penalties on coaching institutes after finding that advertisements highlighted successful candidates while hiding...
Corporate Law : The regulator held that selective disclosure of course details and inflated success claims misled aspirants. The ruling reinforces...
Corporate Law : Explore CCPA's proposed Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Greenwashing. Understand definitions, application, and implica...
Corporate Law : Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) takes action against Amazon for deceptive sale of Shri Ram Mandir Ayodhya Prasad swee...
Corporate Law : Dive into 2023 draft guidelines by Government of India for prevention and regulation of dark patterns in advertising and e-commerc...
Corporate Law : The CCPA held that failure to disclose the specific courses attended by successful NEET and IIT-JEE candidates amounted to conceal...
Corporate Law : CCPA held that sale of toys without mandatory BIS certification violated the Consumer Protection Act and Toys Quality Control Orde...
Corporate Law : Claims of high success rates in competitive exams were not supported by complete data or documentation. The decision emphasizes th...
Goods and Services Tax : The authority examined whether automatic service charges violate consumer rights. It ruled that default billing of such charges is...
Company Law : The CCPA held that specific developmental claims such as early crawling and walking were misleading as they lacked scientific stud...
Corporate Law : The Department of Consumer Affairs has clarified that customary units like inches, feet, and dozen may be used as supplementary de...
Corporate Law : The 2026 amendment introduces detailed metrological, technical, and safety standards for non-automated blood pressure devices. The...
Corporate Law : The Ministry of Consumer Affairs is seeking comments on draft rules to amend the Legal Metrology (General) Rules for non-invasive ...
Corporate Law : India's Department of Consumer Affairs released draft rules for clinical electrical thermometers for continuous measurement, seeki...
Corporate Law : India's CCPA has issued guidelines effective May 27, 2025, to regulate the listing and sale of radio equipment, including walkie-t...
Consumer protection was one of the duties of India’s rulers even before the country gained its freedom. To guarantee that customers are happy, the government and companies collaborate on consumer protection, which is a social and economic activity.
Dr. R. Singh vs Smt. Shabana (Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission) Only the failure of the treatment is not prima facie a ground for Medical Negligence and in order to attract the principle of res ipsa loquitur, Negligence i.e. the breach of a duty exercised by omission to do something which a reasonable man, […]
145956 Complaints received in Consumer Commissions in 2021-22, 99903 Complaints disposed The Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today informed that the status of consumer cases filed in Consumer Commissions across the country in last 3 […]
Explore FAQs on Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011. Learn about legal metrology, offences, pre-packaged commodities, sale, protection, labels, net quantity, retail sale price, and more. Get clarity on declarations, e-commerce regulations, and important aspects of packaged commodities.
Advisory under Consumer Protection Act, 2019 concerning sale of Ayurvedic, Siddha and Unani drugs containing ingredients listed in Schedule E (1) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 on e-commerce platforms.
Centre amends the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 for ease of doing business and reducing the compliance burden for the electronic industries The amendment to allow the industry to declare the information in the digital form through the QR Code The Department of Consumer Affairs vide the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), (Second Amendment) Rules […]
‘Guidelines on Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022’ seek to ensure that consumers are not being fooled with unsubstantiated claims, exaggerated promises, misinformation and false claims. Such advertisements violates various rights of consumers such as right to be informed, right to choose and right to be safeguarded against potentially unsafe products and services.
No. DM/15/2022-DM Government of India Ministry of Information & Broadcasting A Wing, Shastri Bhawan New Delhi-110001 Dated 13th June, 2022 ADVISORY To i. Newspapers registered under Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 ii. Private Satellite Television Channels iii. Publishers of news and current affairs content on digital media Subject: Advisory on Advertisements of Online […]
Medicos Legal Action Group Vs Union of India (Bombay High Court) We see no reason to hold that merely because of enactment of Consumer Protection Act, 2019 upon repeal of the 1986 Act as well as the parliamentary debates referred to by the petitioning Trust, the efficacy of the law laid down in the decision […]
The damages awarded against the appellant may have gone beyond the actual loss suffered by the respondent and may not represent the actual loss suffered by him in monetary terms. But the provision of Section 14 of the 1986 Act permits awarding punitive damages.
