Consumer Protection Awareness in Ahmednagar District Socio Legal Study

Abstract

But of late unfortunately cheating by way of overcharging, black marketing, newlinemisleading advertisements, etc. has become the common practice of greedy sellers newlineand manufacturers to make unreasonable profits and without heed to confer consumer newlinerights and interests. The moment a person comes into this would, he starts consuming. newlineHe needs garments; milk, oil, cleanser, water, and a lot more things and these newlinerequirements continue to take one structure or the other up and down his life. Hence newlinewe as a whole are consumer in the strict feeling of the term. At the point when we newlineapproach the market as a customer, we anticipate an incentive for cash, i.e., right newlinequality, right amount, right costs, data about the method of utilization, and so on newlineHowever, there might be examples where a customer is irritated or cheated. newlineWith the emergence of the welfare state concepts and industrial revolution in newlinealmost all countries for raising the living standard of common man, Consumer newline3 | P a g e newlineprotection has assumed great importance in modern Jurisprudence. Those days are newlineover when in rural based economics, the needs of human beings were few and these newlinewere sought to be fulfilled through the exchange of goods and method of selfreliance. newlineModern life has increased the dependence of human being upon the newlineindustrial products. It is obvious that few of us will prefer firewood in place of gas or newlinebullock cart in place of car or bus for transportation. One cannot life without keeping newlinetouch with global developments or without the modern telecommunication facilities. newlineThe style of life has changed making scientific and technological instruments a newlinenecessary for decent living so much so that the disadvantages attached to them are newlinenot taken into consideration by the consumers.1 newlineIn the early age of individualism it was taken for granted, that a buyer newlinepossesses the capacity and is able to use his care and skill while entering into newlinetransaction or in making purchases in the market. The maxim Caveat Emptor let the newlinebuyer be aware; was the rule. Couple with t