Question

What is COPRA? Explain in brief?

Answer 1

COPRA stands for Consumer Protection Act which was applied on 1986 to protect consumers from fake market price, expiry dates and to aware consumers about importance of consumers rights...

The features ofCOPRAare-

1. It was a major step enacted by the government in 1986. It stands for-COnsumersPRotectionAct.

2. Under the COPRA, athree tier quasi-judicial machinerywas set up atdistrict level, state level and national levelfor the redressal of consumer disputes.

3. The district level court looks into cases involving claims upto Rs.20 lakhs, the state level courts looks into cases involving claims between Rs 20 lakhs and Rs 1 crore and the national level courts look into cases involving claims more than Rs 1 crore.

Answer 2

COPRA is a Consumer protection act
Consumer protection act was introduced in 1986 to protect the intersects of consumer and to check their exploitation from producers and sellers
This Act has come into force from July 1 1987 in all parts of country except Jammu and Kashmir
COPRA 1986 was amended in 1993