INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
New Delhi: A PIL has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to e-commerce websites to prominently display names of
manufacturer, country of origin and MRP of products sold on their platforms.The petition, which is likely to come up for hearing next week,
Kumar Singh, a resident of Ghaziabad, said he regularly shops from e-commerce websites
He said he has done due research and found that the requirements mandated under the Consumer Protection (Ecommerce) Rules, 2020 and Legal
Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 are not complied with."Economy of the entire nation would suffer in the event the e-commerce
websites continue not to mention the MRP, seller details, manufacturing country/country of origin of products on e-commerce websites
Since the MRP of the product is not displayed the customers are forced to buy the product at a higher cost fixed by the
the plea said.The petition, filed through advocate Rajesh K Pandit, claimed that a large number of people are being affected due to such
information not being provided by e-commerce websites.It sought a direction to the Centre, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution and Fashnear Technologies Pvt Ltd, owner of e-commerce portal Meesho, to ensure that mandatory declarations of products offered
arrayed as parties Sociofy Enterprise Pvt Ltd and O (1) India Pvt Ltd, owners of e-commerce websites Glowroad and Shop101.
