Right to Safety This right focuses on consumers must be aware of marketing of goods and services which are hazardous to their life and property. This right can be used in electronic appliances, health care, automobile, housing etc. Everyday there are thousands of new product launches some of them are tested whereas some of them…
INTRODUCTION Medical negligence is the failure of a medical practitioner to provide proper care and attention to the patients suffering from any kind of disease. In cases of medical negligence principle of res ipso loquitur can be applied. Res ipso loquitur means the principle that mere occurrence of some types of accident is sufficient to…
The “old rule” of caveat emptor had been superseded by caveat venditor such change being “rendered necessary by the conditions of modern commerce and trade.” – LORD WRIGHT [1] Caveat emptor was generally the rule for most purchases and land sales prior to the Industrial Revolution, although sellers have much more responsibility for the integrity of…
The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (the Act) received the President’s assent on 9 August 2019 which has replaced the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The Act aims at protecting and strengthening the rights of the consumers by establishing authorities, imposing strict liabilities and penalties on product manufacturers, electronic service providers, misleading advertisers, and by providing additional…
Consumer is any person who buys a good or avails or hires any service for a consideration that is paid or promised or partly paid or partly promised under the system of deferred payment and includes any user of such good who uses it by approval of first person or the beneficiary who avails service…
The new Consumer Protection Act comes with 8 major changes. Covers E- Commerce Transactions. Place of filing of Consumer Complaint. E – filing of Complaints. Pecuniary jurisdiction has been enhanced. Punishment for misleading advertisement. Product liability action. Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has been established. Provision for Alternate Dispute Resolution. This new Consumer Protection Act,…
WHAT IS CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 1986? The Consumer Protection Act of 1986 (COPRA) was passed in 1986 by the Indian Parliament to defend the rights of Indian customers. The Consumer Protection Act of 2019 was passed, which abolished it. It was established in order to constitute consumer council as well as other agencies for the…
INTRODUCTION: One of the major laws that safeguard consumers in India is the Consumer Protection Act. The Act was introduced in 1986 and subsequently revised by the Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2002, in 2002. The full and exclusive purpose of the Law is explained in the least number of words by the long title of…
Introduction: The salient features of the prevention of Food Adulteration Act includes objectives, definition of food, meaning of adulterate, misbranded items, sale of certain admixtures, relevant committees, analyst, procedure for sampling & analysis, penalties and important miscellaneous provisions. Food is one of the basic necessities for sustenance of life, pure, fresh and healthy diet is…
The Consumer Protection Act of 2019 (ACT) was the first to include mediation as a redress option for consumer complaints. Parties in consumer court now have the option of choosing mediation as a conflict resolution process at any moment after the complaint has been admitted. The State government has been given authority under Section 74…
