The Indian legal framework consists of a number of regulations that provide protection to consumers.
Some of these regulations are as under:
1. The Consumer Protection Act, 1986: This Act provides safeguards to consumers against defective goods, deficient services, unfair trade practices etc.
2. The Contract Act, 1982: This Act lays down the conditions in which the promises made by parties to a contract will be binding on each other.
3. The Sale of Goods Act, 1930: This Act provides some safeguards and reliefs to the buyers of the goods in case, the goods purchased do not comply with an express or implied conditions or warranties.
4. Essential Commodities Act, 1955: This Act aims at controlling, production, supply, distribution and price of essential commodities.
5. The Agricultural Produce Act, 1937: This Act prescribes grade standards for agricultural commodities and livestock products.
6. The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954: This Act aims to check adulteration of food articles and ensure their purity, so as to maintain public health.
7. The Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976: It provides protection to consumers against the malpractice of under-weight or under-measure.
8. The Trade Marks Act, 1999: This Act prevents the use of fraudulent marks on products and thus provides protection to consumers against such products.
9. The Competition Act, 2002: This Act provides protection to the consumers In case of practices adopted by business firms that hamper competition in the market.
10. The Bureau of Indian Standard Act, 1986: The bureau has two major activities: Formulation of quality standards for goods and their certification through the BIS certification scheme. The bureau has also set up a grievance cell, where consumers can make a complaint about the quality of products carrying the ISI mark.