We are all Consumers of goods and services in one way or the other. The moment we take birth on this earth we become consumers and are entitled to seek relief under the Consumer Protection Act . These days we see that consumers are cheated and harassed in many ways. At times they are provided with inferior quality of goods, at times with less quantity than actually demanded whereas at other times the consumer is charged with excess prices than otherwise fixed for the commodity. The traders consider consumers as persons who are morons having paying capacity and can try to deceive them in every possible way. Therefore, there was a strong need felt to protect the consumers. Although we have some laws which protect the consumers to some extent which are listed as follows: The Indian Contract Act, 1872 Sale of Goods Act, 1936 The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 The Dangerous Drugs Act, 1952 The Agricu...