In a matter that has been taken up by the Apex Court of the country suo moto (meaning: on its own accord), data was presented to the Court showing that 514 out of 990 posts were vacant in the District Consumer Commissions and 72 vacancies in the State Consumer Commissions while 8 bodies are functioning without Presidents. Calling this situation “Completely Unacceptable”, the Supreme Court of India has directed all the States to fill all vacancies in all Consumer Commissions within a period of 8 weeks. The Court has further stated that the Chief Secretaries of the States shall be summoned to Court if the said direction is not complied with.

BREAKING NEWS : Supreme Court clarified that Bombay High Court Can Proceed to Decide Validity of the Consumer Protection Rules of 2020. The original Order of the Supreme Court and the coverage has cleared the way for the lower courts to move ahead with their proceedings that directly impact the welfare of the consumer.

Front-of-package warning labelling has become the hot talk of the consumer town. Public health safety and healthy food habits is what the experts have been discussing the most about.
Did you know: Over 5.8 million Indians die every year due to Non Communicable Diseases wherein this simple labelling could help? More on this right here!

Are you familiar with the online shopping platform named Shopify? The Canadian e-commerce portal has been accused by an American consumer in California for invasion of privacy, violations of the California Computer Data Access, under the provisions of Fraud Act aa well as the Unfair Competition Law. Will such allegations affect the consumer purchasing behavior?

Shri Goyal has recently statedthat Intellectual Property Rights actually translates into India's progress in real-time and extend Intellectual Property Right to India's Prosperity Right.

Chief Guest: Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India
Guest of Honour: Ms. Nidhi Khare, IAS, Additional Secretary (Consumer Affairs), Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India
The objective of Conclave
 Access to best practice for e-commerce consumers
 Role of government to protect the interest and changing nature of the transaction
 Focus on Consumer Centric Approach
 Strategies to develop long lasting and reliable relationships with customers

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“The fashion industry is definitely adapting to the post-pandemic landscape. The current state of fashion is comfort… comfortable, casual-aesthetic clothing is becoming the consumers’ lifestyle now… the modern consumer has also become more health conscious, they want to look after their wellness & fitness and athleisure is making it easier for them. They now have more designer fashion choices that are comfortable as well as stylish.”

Manoj Kumar Nair
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Gaurik Lifestyle.

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