Search Results for Tag : Consumers
International Cases
To prove conduct under Section 10(2)(a) of Competition Act, 2010, it is not necessary to show actual harm to a competitor(20.07.2017)
Present order is related to proceedings initiated under Section 30 of Competition Act, 2010 vide Show Cause Notice No. 14/2016 dated 08th March, 2016 .....
Tags : Consumers, Information, Provisions, Violations
News
Chandigarh SCDRC: Misleading Ads About Weight Loss Programmes an Act of Unfair Trade Practice(22.08.2022)
Chandigarh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC) has held that act of giving false assurances by way of misleading advertisements and a.....
Tags : SCDRC, Misleading Advertisement, Consumers
SC: Captive Consumers/Captive Users Are Not Liable to Pay Additional Surcharge(13.12.2021)
Supreme Court has observed that captive consumers/captive users are not liable to pay the additional surcharge leviable under Section 42(4) of the Ele.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Captive Consumers/Captive Users
Supreme Court: Beneficiaries of Insurance Policy are 'Consumers'(07.02.2020)
Supreme Court has observed that the beneficiaries of the policy taken out by the Insured are also consumers under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 ev.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Consumers
Supreme Court: Courts Should Take 'Pragmatic View' of Rights of Consumers(10.04.2017)
Supreme Court has said that it is necessary for Courts to take a "pragmatic view" of rights of consumers in disputes concerning them since customers a.....
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Supreme Court Stays NCDRC's 12% Interest Penalty on Unitech(21.08.2015)
Supreme Court has stayed order of National Consumers' Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) imposing a penalty on real estate developer Unitech Ltd. f.....
Tags : Supreme Court ,National Consumers' Disputes Redressal Commission
MP HC Revokes Order Restraining MPERC from Revising Power Tariff for Different Consumers(18.06.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has revoked its order restraining Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC) from revising the power tariff fo.....
Tags : Madhya Pradesh High Court, Revising Power Tariff for Different Consumers
SC: Definition of ‘Consumer’ Includes ‘Consumers’(17.05.2023)
Supreme Court while referring to Brigade Enterprises Ltd. v. Anil Kumar (MANU/SC/1285/2021) has held that upon a conjoint reading of Section 2(1)(b)(i.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Consumers, Consumer Protection Act
Notifications & Circulars
Central Consumer Protection Authority established to promote, protect and enforce the rights of consumers(30.07.2020)
The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 has come into force from 20th July, 2020. As provided in section 10 of the Act, the Central Consumer Protection Auth.....
Tags : Authority, Rights, Consumers
Transfer of subsidy to domestic LPG consumers(04.12.2018)
Attention is invited to some press reports on change in Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of LPG subsidy Scheme wherein it has been reported that Governme.....
Tags : Subsidy, Transfer, LPG consumers
Reserve Bank of India Bulletin for October, 2015(15.10.2015)
The Reserve Bank of India released its Bulletin for October, 2015. The Bulletin highlights the relatively precarious state of the global economy, with.....
Tags : Rbi, bulletin, October, 2015, consumers
Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Amendment Rules, 2021(29.06.2021)
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (z) of sub-section (2) of section 176 of the Electricity Act, 2003 (Act 36 of .....
Tags : Rights, Consumers, Rules