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Identify a product liability or a negligence case and describe It as per the sections
below:
2.His doubt was confirmed when he actually weighed the pack. The
manufacturing date on the pack was 19 April 2010 and the production
batch no. was N-207 C.
3.He wrote twice to the manufacturer. While the first letter got no
response, in reply to the record, the company accepted that the packet
was underweight but didn’t take the complaint seriously. It offered
Bajaj a gift hamper from PepsiCo which he refused.
Complaint
description 4. Eventually, CERS took the issue to the Consumer Disputes Redressal
Forum, Ahmedabad (Rural), alleging unfair trade practice.
5.The forum also gave a favourable ruling dismissing all the arguments
made by PepsiCo. On PepsiCo’s request, the Forum got the pack
weighed at a government laboratory and the report from the lab
revealed that the weight of the pack was 8.42 gm.
The Forum ordered PepsiCo India Holdings Ltd. to deposit Rs. 50,000
in the Consumer Welfare Fund of India within 90 days of receipt of the
order in a landmark judgment issued on 7 September 2012. PepsiCo
was also asked to pay the complainant Rs. 5,000/- for mental agony and
Resolution Rs. 2,000 for the cost of litigation. Now a day, people are using social
media to show their outrage at different brands.
Today, for the unfair treatment, people are using social media to express
their anger at different brands. Social media influence has always made
the brands conform to ethical behavior.