₹10 Beer Overcharge Leads to ₹25000 Consumer Win
Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

A Government-owned liquor retailer cannot rely on internal pricing directions to charge above the MRP printed on a packaged commodity, the printed MRP is the statutory ceiling the consumer is entitled to rely on at the point of sale, and the burden to prove any R. 18(3) exception lies on the seller.

Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Amendment Rules
Legislation UpdatesRules & Regulations

Govt notified the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Amendment Rules introducing mandatory country-of-origin filters for imported products sold via e-commerce to improve consumer awareness.

ministry of consumer affairs
Legislation UpdatesRules & Regulations

On 6-10-2023, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution notified the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Amendment Rules, 2023 to amend

karnataka high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court was firmly of the view that the Inspector, Department of Legal Metrology had misinterpreted key provisions of Legal Metrology Act and Packaged Commodities Rules thereby vitiating the complaint with malafides.

Central Government Notification
Legislation UpdatesRules & Regulations

On 22-08-2022 , the  Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution notified the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) (Third Amendment) Rules, 2022  in