Supreme Court of India

Star India (p) Ltd. v. Society of Catalysts & Anr.

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Reported as [2020] 2 S.C.R. 1188
Bench Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and R. Subhash Reddy JJ.
Decided 23 January 2020

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Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.2(1)(r)(3)(a) – Unfair trade practice – television channel-Star India (P) Ltd used to broadcast the programme ‘KBC’ and the programme was sponsored by a cellular mobile service provider-Airtel – During the tel ecast of this programme, a contest ‘HSHS’ contest was conducted, in which the viewers of programme were invited to participate and view ers who wished to participate were required to send in the corre ct answer, inter alia through SMS services, offered by the cellular mobile service providers to a specified number – It was alleged that the a ppellants

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