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Consumer Court

Consumer Court The Supreme Court reduced the required professional experience from 20 to 10 years to use its extraordinary powers under Article 142 to attract younger candidates to rule over consumer courts. Principal Points of the Judgment In a judgement, a Bench of Justices additionally introduced written tests and viva voce to verify the candidates' performance. Two papers on topics like current events, the Constitution, consumer legislation, drafting, etc. would be included in the written test. A viva voce would also take place. The court's ruling noted that the Consumer Protection (Qualification for Appointment, Method of Recruitment, Procedure of Appointment,…

13 March, 2023 Consumer rights

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JAGRITI MASCOT

JAGRITI MASCOT A mascot named Jagriti has been launched by the Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) to empower the consumers and to also generate awareness about their rights. How will Jagriti work? ?It would be projected as an empowered consumer who is spreading awareness about consumer rights & addressing solutions to the problems faced by any consumers. It would help to generate consumer awareness about the various government initiatives like: Provisions?of Consumer Protection Act 2019 Hallmarking National Consumer Helpline toll-free number 1915 Provisions?of weights & measures Act Decisions?of the Central Consumer Protection Authority Testimonials?by consumers on grievance redressal What is…

20 July, 2022 Consumer rights

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MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS AND ROLE OF ENDORSERS

MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS AND ROLE OF ENDORSERS IN ADVERTISING Although a monetary penalty is provided for any misleading advertisement, but there are grey areas that need to be addressed. INDIAN ADS THAT WERE FOUND TO BE MISLEADING Arihant Mattress- Corona-Resistant The Arihant mattress released an advertisement in a Gujarati newspaper that claimed that their mattress was ‘corona-resistant’. The owner of the mattress under laws including the Disaster Management Act, 2005 and the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954. Eat Chicken-Beat Corona The online advertisement claimed that eating chicken boosts immunity. The complaint was filed by People for the Ethical Treatment…

01 July, 2022 Consumer rights

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OTT and Social media platforms-Should governments regulate online platforms?

OTT and Social media platforms-Should governments regulate online platforms? Context Australia’s new News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code will force platforms like Facebook and Google to pay local media outlets and publishers to link their content in news feeds or search results. Does the Australian Code supress freedom of speech? This is a link tax — that those who link must pay a fee. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the web, has testified to Australian legislators that this breaks the web. But Mr. Murdoch (Media mogul) wins either way here. He owns 70% of the print news…

26 February, 2021 Consumer rights