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Sale of adulterated goods.
Sale of sub-standard goods.
Sale of duplicate goods.
Use of false weights and measures.
Hoarding and black-marketing leading to
scarcity and rise in price.
Charging more than the MRP.
Supply of defective goods.
Misleading advertisements.
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˜rug control act 1950
Agricultural products act 1951
Industries act 1951
Prevention of food adulteration act 1954
Essential commodities act 1955
Standards of weights and measures act 1956
Monopolies and restrictive trade practices act
1969
Prevention of black marketing and
maintenance of essential supplies act 1980
Bureau of India standards act 1986
It came into force from 1 July,1987.The main objective of this act is to provide
better and all-round protection to consumers and effective safeguards
against different types of exploitation such as defective goods,deficiet
services, and unfair trade practices.


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It applies to all goods ,services and unfair trade practices unless
specifically exempted by the central government.

It covers all sectors.

It provides a statutory recognition to the six rights of consumers

The need for consumer protection arises due to the
helplessness of the consumers. They don·t exercise
their rights due to lack of awareness.
Exploitation in market place happens in various ways.
E.G-sometimes traders indulge in unfair trade
practices such as when shopkeepers weight less than
what they should or when traders add charges that
were not mentioned before Or when adulterated
goods are sold.
The main aim of consumer protection is to provide
better and all round protection to consumers.
The six consumer rights were included in the
Consumer Protection Act 1986.