India: Consumer Protection

The Central Electricity Authority (“CEA”), on February 23, 2026, has released the Draft CEA (Installation and Operation of Meters) Amendment Regulations, 2026 (“Draft Regulations”). CEA has proposed amendments to Regulation 4 (Types of Meters) and Regulation 7 (Location of Meters) of the CEA (Installation and Operation of Meters) Regulations, 2006 (“Principal Regulations”).

In this episode, we break down a key regulatory decision by the Bihar Real Estate Regulatory Authority involving a penalty imposed on Alphabet Infra Pvt. Ltd. for advertising a real estate project...

The boundary between a routine banking service and a "commercial transaction" has long been a battlefield in Indian consumer law.

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.