Misleading Ads || “Can Cause Great Harm to Society”: SC Directs States, UTs to Set Up Grievance Mechanism

Today, On 26th March, The Supreme Court has ordered all states and union territories to create a system to handle complaints about misleading advertisements. The court stressed that such ads “can cause great harm to society” and must be strictly regulated. A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said the public should have a way to report ads violating the Drugs and Magic Remedies Act, 1954.