1. Introduction Environmental pollution ( EP ) is one of the important global concerns because sustenance of a happy and safe world in future depends on the degree of and the rate at which the EP occurs. The faster the degradation occurs, the more and drastic the erosion of human evolution. If EP proceeds at a slower rate, we can continue to live for some more time. But, it is also true that, though the developments in science and technologies brought some euphoria, they also brought...

1. INTRODUCTION The concept of consumer and consumer protection is not new to India. In fact, interest of consumers and public in general were safeguarded by the rulers and kings right from ancient times. The practices followed are reported to date back to 3000 BC, when the modern countries were not born and their names were not heard off. Such ancient practices are of great importance and need to be emphasized in the modern context also. Keeping the social fabric and economic status...