Flooded with growing consumer complaints over misleading advertisements, especially relating to health and nutritional benefits and the get-rich schemes, the government is planning an investigating agency to curb the practice. The proposed agency will supplement consumer courts, which cannot collect evidence themselves, while other measures planned include sharpening of the Consumer Protection Act. “An investigating [ Read More ]
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CBI asked to probe minors’ trafficking by placement agencyThe Delhi High Court Friday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into allegations that the owner of a placement agency here was involved in trafficking of minor girls across the country. A division bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ajit Bharihoke directed the CBI to investigate the matter and said: ‘Considering the [ Read More ] |
