Misleading Advertisement and Unfair Trade Practice in India: A Critical Case Analysis

The Chair on Consumer Law and Practice at the National Law School of India University is proud to present the updated edition of Misleading Advertisements and Unfair Trade Practices in India: A Critical Case Analysis, in 2016. This book seeks to perform its bit by educating the readers about the up and coming trends and approaches to misleading advertisements. This book has been updated significantly, to keep abreast with the most recent developments surrounding the topic at hand. Judicial decisions delivered by the Supreme Court till as late as 2016 have been included. In addition to the 29 legislations already covered in the pioneer edition, the object and summary of legislations where the provisions dealing with misleading advertisements and unfair trade practices feature, have been added, such as the Indian Contract Act, 1872, Sale of Goods Act, 1930, Indian Copyright Act, 1957, Companies Act, 2013, Information Technology Act, 2000, Indian Penal Code 1860, etc. A commentary on the Consumer Protection Bill 2015 also appears in this book, so are a new bunch of specific regulatory authorities dealing with the topic covered, added. These include the Council for Fair Business Practices (CFBP), Consumer Code of Association of Indian Engineering Industry (AIEI), Advertising Code for Cable Operators, etc.