Background: With the inclusion of health care services under Consumer Protection Act, a spurt in litigations arising out of breach in medical/dental profession is seen. Thus, it becomes imperative for health professionals today to be aware of such laws. Objective: To assess and compare the awareness about Consumer Protection Act among dentists (dentists in teaching institutions and dentists in ...

The recent financial crisis has led many to question how well businesses deliver services and how well regulatory institutions address problems in consumer financial markets. This paper discusses consumer financial regulation, emphasizing the full range of arguments for regulation that derive from market failure and from limited consumer rationality in financial decision making. We present thre...

Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology ensures protection of rights on distributed music over the Internet. Existing DRM systems emphasize the protection on Businessto-Consumer (B2C) distribution model, but pay very little attention on the protection of Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) distribution model – referring to peer-to-peer sharing. In this paper, we propose a license management model to ...

the principle of freedom of contract is conceptually narrower than the will theory and as such it does not deny the state the right to put limits on contracts between individuals. on this ground some measures have been taking to strike a balance between the interests of the consumers and the producers. among these measures are the compulsory sales to consumers in the case law and on the basis o...

In Indian legislative history the year 1986 will be remembered for passing a revolutionary Act for consumers i.e. The Consumer Protection Act, 1986. After enactment of this statute the vacuum in law fulfilled with respect to any specific law for settlement of consumer disputes. This act provides three-tier redressal machinery for speedy settlement of grievances of consumers. Year 2013 is the si...