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SHADAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES FOR BOYS

CONSUMER AWARENESS LAW

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INTRODUCTION OF LAW

• LAW means rule made by the authority for the proper


regulation of a community or society or for correct conduct in
life. Law is different from an ACT.
• It is an Act of Parliament, a statute (commonly called a law)
enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national
parliament. It sets out the main which the
objectives legislation intended to achieve.
• Eg; contract act, consumer protection act etc.
What is Consumer

• Consumer refers to any individuals or households that use


goods and services generated within the economy.
• Consumer is defined as someone who acquires goods or
services for direct use or ownership rather than for resale
or use in production and manufacturing.

For example,
When your father buys apple for you and you consume them,
your father as well as yourself are treated as consumers. The
same thing applies to hiring a taxi to go to your school.
Consumer Law

• "MODU" or "consumer law" regulates private


law relationships between individual consumers and
the businesses that sell those goods and services.

• IT deal with credit repair, debt repair, product safety, service


and sales contracts, bill collector regulation, pricing, utility
turnoffs, consolidation, personal loans that may lead
to bankruptcy and much more.
CONCEPT OF CONSUMER
PROTECTION
• Consumer protection means safeguarding the interest and
rights of consumers. In other words, it refers to the measures
adopted for the protection of consumers from unscrupulous
and unethical malpractices by the business and to provide
them speedy redressal of their grievances
CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
• The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was enacted for better
protection of the interests of consumers.
• The provisions of the Act came into force with effect from 15-
4-87.
• Consumer Protection Act imposes strict liability on a
manufacturer, in case of supply of defective goods by him, and
a service provider, in case of deficiency in rendering of its
services.
HISTORY OF
CONSUMER
PROTECTION ACT
• The act was passed in Lok Sabha on 9th December,1986 and it
came into force from 1 July 1987. Rajya Sabha passed on
10th December, 1986 and assented by the President of India
on 24th December, 1986 and was published in the Gazette of
India on 26th December, 1986.
FEATURES OF CONSUMER
PROTECTION ACT
• It applies to all goods, services and unfair trade practices
unless specifically exempted by the Central Government.

• It covers all sectors whether private, public or co-


operative.

• It provides for establishment of consumer protection


councils at the central, state and district levels to promote
and protect the rights of consumers and a three tier
quasijudicial machinery to deal with consumer grievances
and disputes.
OBJECTIVES

• To protect the consumer from abuse.

• To provide a venue for grievance /redress.

• To ensure a better quality of living by improving the quality of


consumer products & services.
IMPORTANCE OF
CONSUMER
PROTECTION ACT
Importance from Consumer’s Point of view:

• Unorganised Consumers-In developing countries like India,


consumers are not organised.Ther are very few consumer
organistions which are working to protect the interest of
consumers. Consumer protection provides power and rights to
these organsation as these organisations can file a case behalf
of customer.
• Consumer Ignorance-It spreads awareness so that consumer
can know about the various redressal agencies where they can
approach to protect their interests.

• Wide Spread Exploitation of Consumer’s-There is lot of


exploitation of consumers as businessmen use various unfair
trade practices to cheat and exploit consumers.Consumer
protection provides safe guard to consumers from such
exploitation.
Importance from Businessmen’s Point of View:

• Businessman Uses Society’s Resources- Businessmen use the


resources of society. They earned profit by supplying goods
and services to the members of society. They must use these
resources for the benefits of consumers.

• Social Responsbilities-A businessman has social obligations


towards customer. It is responsbility of businessmen to provide
quality goods at reasonable price. Consumer protection guides
businessman to provide social responsibilities.
• Government Intervention-If businessman want to avoid
intervention of govt. then they should not involve in
unfair trade practices. Businessman should voluntarly
involve in the activities which protect the interest of
consumer

• Consumer is the Purpose of Business-The basic


purpose of the business is to create more and more
customers and retain them and businessmen can
create more customers only by satisfying the
customers and protecting the interest of consumers.
SCOPE OF CONSUMER
PROTECTION ACT
• Requirements to performance, composition, contents, design,
construction, finish, packaging of a consumer product
• Requirements as to kind, class, grade, dimensions, weights,
material
• Requirements as to the methods of sampling, tests and codes
used to check the quality of the products
• Requirements as to precautions in storage, transporting and
packaging
• Requirements that a consumer product be marked with or
accompanied by clear and adequate safety warnings or
instructions, or requirements respecting the form of warning
or instructions
NEEDS OFCONSUMER
PROTECTION ACT
The necessity of adopting measures to protect the interest of
consumers arises mainly due to the helpless position of the
consumers.

• Social Responsibility-
It is the moral responsibility of the business to serve the
interest of consumers. Keeping in line with this principle, it
is the duty of producers and traders to provide right quality
and quantity of goods at fair prices to the consumers.
RIGHTS OF CONSUMER

• Right to Safety
• Right to Information
• Right to Choice
• Right to be Heard
• Right to Seek Redressal
• Right to Consumer Education
• Right to Basic Needs
• Right to Healthy Environment

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