Volume : I, Issue : VI, March - 2012

Criminal Law: A Tool for Consumer Protection in India

Aneesh V. Pillai

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The protection of consumer’s interest is not new, but it has assumed added significance because of the vast expansion of business and trade in this century. Exploitation of consumers in this century manifested itself in various forms such as price hikes, production and supply of substandard and hazardous goods, use of false weights and measures, adulteration, false and misleading advertisements, misanding, black marketing and hoarding etc. As a welfare state it is the duty of the State to see the consumers are not to being exploited in the market. In response to the increasing malpractices in the market place, many countries have adopted various legislations to protect the consumers. India has also adopted its Consumer Protection Act in 1986. Most of these legislations are in civil nature, so provides only civil remedies. Thus this paper tries to examine the nature and scope of criminal law in protecting rights of consumers.

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Aneesh V. Pillai Criminal Law: A Tool for Consumer Protection in India Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.I, Issue.VI March 2012

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