PIL : Make ‘country of origin’ label must for e-commerce platforms
New Delhi, July 24
Amid India-China standoff, a PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre to frame a law mandating all e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and Flipkart to display ‘country of origin’ on products they sell to enable consumers to make informed decisions.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde issued notice to the Centre asking it to respond to the petition filed by Divya Jyoti Singh.
Referring to “influx of junk” from China via e-commerce sites and calls for boycotting Chinese products in view of India-China conflict in Ladakh, the petitioner submitted that the direction be issued for formulating a law asking all e-commerce industry/portals selling goods in India to display the ‘country of origin’ label in a legible manner. — TNS
