Modi government has given many rights to consumers of the country from today. The Consumer Protection Act of 2019 has been implemented in the entire country from today.
The new Consumer Protection Act of 1986 has been replaced. After nearly 34 years, new consumer law has come into force in the country.
Under the new law, a consumer can file a case in any consumer courts of the country. Along with this, the provision of both penalty and punishment has been made on misleading advertisements. With this, the shopkeepers have been tightened.
According to the new law, if the shopkeeper collects the charge of the Carry Bag and if the consumer files a complaint, then action will be taken. Taking extra money to carry bags has become punishable under the new law.
Shopkeepers Can’t Take Money For Carry Bag
if any customer demands a carry bag after purchasing the goods, then he will not have to pay for it.
The second thing is also that if that customer is not able to carry the goods in hand then the shopkeeper will have to give a carry bag.
There were complaints about this in many consumer forums of the country, after which the consumer forum started to pay a fine on the store or shopkeeper for taking the money of carry bag.
Now strict provisions have been made in this new law.
Carry Bag Will Be Charged Strictly Under The New Law
Now if you are charged Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 20 in the name of the carry bag, then provisions have been made in lieu of that.
With this, there are many more special things in the new law, such as now consumers will have the right to register a case in any consumer court of the country.
Source : The Law Updates
Also Read : US monitoring situation between India and China very closely
