International Conference on New Facets on Consumer Protection Challenges and the Way Forward

The Chair for Consumer Law and Practice (CLAP), National Law School of India University, Bengaluru is organising the International Conference on ‘New Facets on Consumer Protection Challenges and the Way Forward’ on November 19, 2022. The conference is being organised in association with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, GoI.

The conference will focus on a large array of issues on Consumer Protection. The agenda of the conference will mainly focus on following themes:

• Consumer Protection with respect to Sale of Goods and services through social media platforms;
• Consumer Protection from Fake Reviews on E-Commerce Portals;
• Consumer Protection & Fall Back Liability
• Imposing service charges on Consumer for the services rendered at Hotels and Restaurants;
• Recognition of Right to Repair as a Consumer Right;
• Assessment of Consumer Protection in India in par with International Best Practices
• Sustainable Consumerism
• Settlement of Cross Border Consumer Disputes
• Dark patterns and Consumer Protection

The one-day conference will be hosted via Zoom and will involve an inaugural session followed by six parallel sessions and the valedictory session. The full schedule along with the links to attend each session is available here.
For more details, please read the brochure here.

Registration

To register for the event, please click here.
Please note, certificates will be issued only to registered participants.