India: Consumer Protection

The Indian aluminium sector has witnessed a significant regulatory transformation with the issuance of the Aluminium and Aluminium Alloy Products (Quality Control) Order, 2026, by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.

Welcome to the January 2026 edition of the Legal Metrology, Agri and Food Laws Newsletter. This issue highlights key developments across India's legal metrology, food safety, and agricultural regulatory landscape.

Our Partner, Shalini Sati Prasad, recently participated in a panel discussion on the programme The Big Question, aired live on NDTV Profit Channel. The topic, "Dark Patterns Exposed: Are Dark Patterns the Biggest Threat to Consumers?" delved into the critical issue of deceptive UI/UX designs.

The decision of the Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Thrissur in Krishnankutty V. v. Bose Varghese1 revisits a deceptively simple but legally significant question in consumer law...

Consumer litigation often turns on modest sums but raises disproportionately important questions of principle. The decision of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission...

In a significant ruling reinforcing the rights of insured consumers, the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Ernakulam, has held Future Generali India...

Welcome to the January 2026 edition of the Legal Metrology, Agri and Food Laws Newsletter. This issue highlights key developments across India's legal metrology, food safety, and agricultural regulatory landscape.

Commercial law constitutes the legal architecture of market transactions, regulating contracts, corporations, trade, competition, and the exchange of goods and services...

The integrity of food safety governance in India fundamentally depends upon the reliability, transparency, and accountability of the laboratory infrastructure entrusted with the critical function of food testing and analysis.

The Central Government has introduced the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 (Bill) in Parliament, seeking to overhaul the regulatory framework for higher education in India.

Nord Anglia Education Infrastructure Private Limited (the "Assessee") is an Indian company engaged in the educational infrastructural business and leases custom-built educational campuses along with provision of integrated infrastructural services such as housekeeping, security, and transport to schools.

Rameshwari Photocopy Service was founded in 1998 and is owned by Dharampal Singh. Despite the University of Delhi's initial denial, certain professors at the Delhi School of Economics compiled course packs containing excerpts from books published by the plaintiffs.