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 : CCPA imposed ₹1 lakh penalties on two food companies for using misleading 100% claims that did not match the actual composition ...
Corporate Law : The government has exempted smaller edible oil packs and minor edible oils from standardisation requirements. The exemption is aim...
Corporate Law : CCPA fined digital platforms for using interface designs that influenced consumer choices without clear and informed consent. The ...
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 : The CCPA ruled that incomplete product details, unverifiable regulatory credentials, and missing mandatory disclosures violated th...
Corporate Law : The CCPA held that automatically adding a service charge to restaurant bills violated the Consumer Protection Act and the CCPA Gui...
Corporate Law : CCPA held that advertising bread as 100% Whole Wheat despite containing only 87% wheat flour was misleading. The authority ordered...
Corporate Law : The Authority ruled that selectively withholding course information and presenting disclaimers in illegible font misled prospectiv...
Corporate Law : The CCPA held that failure to prominently disclose licensing requirements, frequency details, and regulatory approvals for walkie-...
Corporate Law : Standard pack sizes have been recommended for commonly used edible oils to reduce market inconsistencies and assist consumers in c...
Corporate Law : The Government has advised States and UTs not to impose fresh registration requirements on existing repairers merely because of re...
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 ...
With the passage of time, the populace of the country is on hike and so are their opinions. Their opinion forms the basis for their interpretation, it may be a good or a bad interpretation. What would happen in the situation where people starting interpreting the laws? We might be flooded with several interpretations. The […]
(1) These regulations may be called the Central Consumer Protection Authority (Allocation and Transaction of Business) Regulations, 2020. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
Was there really a need to repeal the Consumers Protection Act, 1986? The answer is YES! After undergoing three amendments in the year 1991, 1993 and 2002 the Act was still found to be needing empowering and modern provisions to deal with a new and modern market, newer dynamics and newer challenges and to accost […]
Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020: Highlighting Facts India is evident to the fact that its first E-commerce interaction took place vide IRCTC. This was the government’s first experimental move to give privilege to the host of public for hassle free bookings. Followed the path laid down by the Indian Railways, the Airlines industry jumped into the online segment to cut down […]
The Indian Parliament, on 6 August 2019, passed the landmark Consumer Protection Bill, 2019 which aims to provide timely and effective administration and settlement of consumer disputes.
Before understanding the obligations of Inventory E-commerce Entities under New e-commerce Policy , we need to know the definition of ‘Inventory e-commerce entity’. As per the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 ‘inventory e-commerce entity’ means an e-commerce entity which owns the inventory of goods or services and sells such goods or services directly to the […]
Once Mahatma Gandhi had said ”Customer is like a God’. In early time also the concept was “the customer is the king” but this concept has been changed by passing of time. We know that for success of any organisation the end users play a very important role. The end users are the main decision […]
Considering the fact that, e-commerce has gained wide popularity given easy access in India and shopping at the comfort of the home. The Government of India has notified a new set of rules for the safety and betterment of consumers in India to be in effect from 20th July 2020. The Central Government has notified […]
In this write up we will discuss about rules w.r.t. marketplace e-commerce entity. In my last article we had discussed about how the new rules have affected the e-commerce entities. You can refer the article below for more details: https://taxguru.in/corporate-law/rules-e-commerce-entities.html Before moving further, let us first understand what marketplace e-commerce entity is. It means an […]
The Central Government recently issued a notification dated 23rd July 2020 for e-commerce players making online retailers more accountable and their businesses more transparent under the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020. In this write-up, we will discuss about the duties of e-commerce entities as per the new e-commerce rules. Applicability: (a) all goods and services […]
