CONSUMER PROTECTION
The term consumer protection has been taken to mean those
measures which contribute directly or indirectly to the consumer
assurance that he will buy goods of a suitable quality appropriate to
his purpose. That they will give him reasonable use and if he has
just complaints there will be means for redress (Molony Committee
Report) thus the term consumer protection covers a wide range of
areas including
(a)
Unsafe products or goods;
(b)
Qualitatively deficient goods or services;
(c)
Fraudulent misleading or unfair trade practices;
(d)
Insufficient information to exercise a prudent buying decision;
(e)
Economic exploitation through lack of competition;
(f)
Protection from excessive prices or charges;
(g)
Protection from short measures;