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Business Studies · 2024 · 4 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 4 · Set 1 · Q29
Nishi had gone to a grocery store to make routine purchases. On reachinghome, as she took out Binx tomato chips packet from the bag to give it toher son, she felt that it was underweight. She checked its weight on thekitchen weighing scale and found that it weighed $\displaystyle 60$ grams whereas thelabel on the chips packet mentioned the weight of the packet as $\displaystyle 100$grams. She approached the manufacturer and complained about it. Themanufacturer offered her a gift hamper and requested her not to disclosethis to anyone. Nishi refused to accept the gift hamper and took the issueto a redressal agency.(a)State two responsibilities discharged by Nishi, as a consumer, in theabove case.(b)State any two reliefs which can be granted to Nishi, if the consumercourt is satisfied with the genuineness of the complaint.
Nishi had gone to a grocery store to make routine purchases. On reaching
home, as she took out Binx tomato chips packet from the bag to give it to
her son, she felt that it was underweight. She checked its weight on the
kitchen weighing scale and found that it weighed $\displaystyle 60$ grams whereas the
label on the chips packet mentioned the weight of the packet as $\displaystyle 100$
grams. She approached the manufacturer and complained about it. The
manufacturer offered her a gift hamper and requested her not to disclose
this to anyone. Nishi refused to accept the gift hamper and took the issue
to a redressal agency.
(a)
State two responsibilities discharged by Nishi, as a consumer, in the
above case.
(b)
State any two reliefs which can be granted to Nishi, if the consumer
court is satisfied with the genuineness of the complaint.
Marking-scheme solution
(a)
Responsibilities discharged by Nishi:
(i)
Read labels carefully so as to have information about prices, net
weight, manufacturing and expiry dates, etc.
(ii)
File a complaint in an appropriate consumer forum in case of a
shortcoming in the quality of goods purchased or services
availed. Do not fail to take an action even when the amount
involved is small.
(b)
Reliefs available :
(i)
To replace the defective product with a new one, free from
any defect.
(ii)
To refund the price paid for the product, or the charges
paid for the service.
(iii)
To pay a reasonable amount of compensation for any loss
or injury suffered by the consumer due to the negligence
of the opposite party.
(iv)
To pay punitive damages in appropriate circumstances.
(v)
To discontinue the unfair/ restrictive trade practice and
not to repeat it in the future.
To pay adequate cost to the appropriate party.
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