India: Consumer Law

The interplay between alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and statutory consumer remedies has long been a contested terrain in Indian jurisprudence.

India's food safety regulator has introduced mandatory vegan labelling standards requiring a uniform green logo on all plant-based food products. The new regulations establish precise technical specifications for the visual...

India's Central Consumer Protection Authority has penalized PhysicsWallah Limited Rs. 5 lakh for deploying manipulative interface designs including pre-selected donation checkboxes, emotionally coercive messaging, and forced data collection...

India's insolvency framework faces unique challenges when applied to real estate projects, where thousands of homebuyers await completion rather than monetary recovery. A specialized committee has now proposed transformative reforms that shift the focus from entity-level proceedings to project-based resolution, introducing mandatory RERA integration, ring-fenced funding, and completion-first principles that could fundamentally reshape how distressed real estate developments are rescued.

The Supreme Court’s decision in Kumud Lall v. Suresh Chandra Roy1 (2026) revisits a foundational yet unsettled question in Indian tort and consumer jurisprudence whether a claim...

Consumers in the petroleum and natural gas sector have historically faced persistent challenges relating to quality, pricing transparency, supply reliability, and, perhaps most critically...

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.