The Ministry of Consumer Affairs notifies Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020

The Rules provided that sellers offering goods or services through a marketplace e-commerce entity should not adopt any unfair trade practice whether in the course of the offer on the e-commerce entity’s platform or otherwise. He shall not falsely represent itself as a consumer and post reviews about goods or services or misrepresent the quality or the features of any goods or services.

The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 comes into force

The Central Government has commenced the operation of the The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 on July 20, 2020 in suppression of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The new Act was initially published on 9th August, 2019.