Defining Unfair Trade Practice
What is an unfair trade practice?
An unfair trade practice refers to malpractice of a trader that is unethical or fraudulent, causing an inconvenience or grievance to the consumer. These are defined under Section 2(1)(r) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.
According to the definition, it is a trade practice carried out for the promotion of the sale. It is the distribution or utilisation of any goods or services by adopting a deceptive method or practice.
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An unfair trade practice refers to malpractice of a trader that is unethical or fraudulent, causing an inconvenience or grievance to the consumer. These are defined under Section 2(1)(r) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.
According to the definition, it is a trade practice carried out for the promotion of the sale. It is the distribution or utilisation of any goods or services by adopting a deceptive method or practice.
Can the experts please share examples? more
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Any lacuna's in Goods &/or services aforded for consideration (Price) paid comes under Consumer Act. It ranges deficiencies, Negligences etc. in food offered on flight /Hotels & Courrier services to medical Negligences (Which is more complicated to establish). You name it to have it. Only Question is - time, efferts & Money agains the Compensation. One who cn aford will get returns, apart from restrecting "malpractice of a trader" so to avoid repeatations. more
Nov 18
My comments on this subject as uploaded in the TOI [https://m.timesofindia.com/business/india-business/five-new-rights-you-now-get-as-a-consumer/articleshow/70563636.cms?platform=android] are reproduced here: 'This exercise is nothing but an eye wash. I have been writing to several fora for the last 20 years that, every seller/producer of all products must be required to clearly mention in their respective webpages their email contact addr esses so as to enable the dissatisfied/aggrieved consumers to at least reach the entity responsible for the production and sale of a defective product. For the last about 8 months, for example, I have been trying to reach the manufacturer of a nebulizer, marketed by Apollo Hospitals group. The email address of the concerned person given in the papers/website is clearly fake as my mails have invariably bounced back. My attempts at reaching Apollo through Messenger also yielded no response, while the Apollo outlet is merrily sitting right. All this because of the permissive latitude allowed to the big parties in the economy for obvious reasons. more
Aug 09
not providing jobs income sources and yet taxing people the biggest unfair trade practise of all times - UNFAIR GOVT OF INDIA ? they themselves are the biggest prob;lem creation to begin with ? more
Aug 06
The definition is clear.....on paper. In practice, however, the difference can be huge..... Manufacturers get away with murder..... if you follow what I mean ! We don't live today in the "consumer world"...... more
Aug 05
why should we consumers always work and tell what is wrong ? means your staffers get bifg fat salaries to do no work ? more
Aug 06
The defination is very clear. Any act by the trader or manufacturer to sale the product by giving wrong impression. more
Aug 05
