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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicConsumer Protection Act

Topic: Consumer Protection Act

Doctors seek parity with lawyers: SC seeks responses over PIL seeking Consumer Protection Act exemption

The top court will examine whether healthcare services can be excluded from the Consumer Protection Act and if consumer forums should hear complaints against doctors.

How SC used definition of ‘consumer’ to set aside relief to branding firm in 11-year dispute

The top court ruled that the borrower of a loan for a commercial venture is not a ‘consumer’ under the Consumer Protection Act.

Case files in sink, no AC or water supply — Delhi’s consumer forums crumble with massive pendency

New Delhi: The aroma of Mughlai food from the restaurants below the district consumer dispute redressal commission premises in Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh often makes...

From coaching institutes to tobacco, India’s top consumer body is cracking down on misleading ads

Last week, CCPA released draft guidelines on misleading ads from coaching institutes. The past year has seen the authority crack down on misleading ads.

Padma awards & surrogate ads — what’s case against Shah Rukh & others for ‘endorsing’ pan masala

Lucknow-based lawyer had moved Allahabad HC last year demanding action against actors, including Padma awardees, for appearing in ‘surrogate’ ads for pan masala brands.

India’s e-commerce rules need definitional clarity – to protect consumers, promote innovation

The proposed rules should remove the duplication of unnecessary compliances and reflect the reality that e-commerce is a complex mix of digital and physical worlds.

Many consumers can file joint complaint in consumer fora — what SC order on flat owners’ plea means

SC was hearing lawsuit by an association of house allottees who were suing a Delhi-based construction firm for failing to complete the construction of a project within promised time. 

Only 4 of 28 state consumer bodies at full strength, SC says ‘completely unacceptable’

Status report submitted to Supreme Court says 514 out of 990 posts in district commissions are vacant and 89 more are likely to fall vacant in next 6 months.

On Camera

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.