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CCPA fines Storia Foods, English Oven Rs 1 lakh each for misleading '100%' claims on food labelsTwo prominent food companies, Storia Foods and Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities, have been fined Rs 1 lakh each by the Central Consumer Prote...
CCPA slaps fines on PhysicsWallah, McAfee for 'Dark Pattern' practicesIndia's consumer watchdog has fined edtech firm PhysicsWallah and cybersecurity company McAfee. They were found using deceptive interface d...
CCPA imposes Rs 7 lakh penalty for misleading claims relating to UPSC civil services examination resultsThe Central Consumer Protection Authority has fined Vajiram and Ravi IAS Study Centre Rs 7 lakh. The coaching institute published misleadin...
Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho delist Herbicide after CCPA noticeThe platforms informed the regulator that listings of "Cyclosinone Herbicide" had been removed with immediate effect and that seller accoun...
CCPA slaps Rs 15 lakh penalty on two coaching institutes for misleading ads on JEE, NEET resultsConsumer protection regulator CCPA has fined Motion Education and Career Line Coaching for misleading ads. These institutes published ads a...
No hotel or restaurant can levy additional ‘LPG charges’, ‘gas charges’ by default or automatically in the bill, Government warnsRestaurants can no longer automatically add 'LPG charges' or 'gas surcharges' to bills, the government has warned. The Central Consumer Pro...
CCPA warns restaurants against levying gas, LPG chargeThe Central Consumer Protection Authority has issued a stern warning to hotels and restaurants. They are prohibited from adding extra charg...
CCPA takes action on 5 Delhi restaurants including Chaayos, Xero Courtyard for not refunding service chargesCentral Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) takes suo moto cognizance against five Delhi based restaurants for non-refund of Service Charg...
Ola denies claims of fare disparity for iPhone, Android phone users amid CCPA investigationOla has clarified that it does not engage in differential pricing for rides based on users’ mobile operating systems. This follows a notice...
Govt agency seeks public comments on draft guidelines to prevent misleading ads in coaching sectorThe Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has invited public comments until March 16 on draft guidelines aiming to prevent misleadin...
CCPA prepares draft guidelines to curb coaching centres from making false claims in advertisementsThe font of disclaimer/disclosure/important information in the advertisement should be the same as that used in the claim/advertisement. Th...
Consumer interest watchdog CCPA issues notices to Flipkart, Meesho for sale of acid on their platformsThe CCPA, the watchdog of consumer interest in India, has come across the sale of highly corrosive acids on these e-commerce platforms. It ...
Consumer body CCPA sends show-cause notice to 5 EV makers for fire incidentsEarlier, the central government had roped in Centre for Fire Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES) to probe into the circumstances that ...
Valid medical prescriptions must for sale of specified ayurveda, unani drugs online: CCPAThe Central Consumer Protection Authority on Thursday directed e-commerce entities to sell specified ayurveda, siddha and unani drugs only ...
Collectors told to enforce new rules on hotel service chargeThe CCPA has also written to chief secretaries of all states and district collectors across India to arrange wide publicity of the guidelin...
CCPA imposes Rs 10 lakh penalty on Sure Vision for misleading adsAccording to the CCPA, "The company was not able to substantiate its claims related to the efficacy of the product made out in the advertis...
Paytm Mall, Snapdeal penalised Rs 1 lakh each for selling defective pressure cookersPaytm Mall listed pressure cookers of Pristine and Quba on its platform despite the product description clearly stating that it does not ca...
CCPA passes order for discontinuation of ads of Sensodyne products in IndiaThe Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has also passed an order against Naaptol Online Shopping Ltd for misleading advertisements...
CCPA issues notices to 14 companies for misleading ads during COVID-19Minister of State for Consumer Affairs Danve Raosaheb Dadarao, in his written reply to the Lok Sabha, said the show cause notices have been...
CCPA seeks RBI intervention on banks delaying refund in case of failed transactionsIn a letter to RBI Deputy Governor M K Jain, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) Chief Commissioner Nidhi Khare stated that 2,...