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The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of ₹5 lakh on Shankar IAS Academy for publishing misleading advertisements related to the UPSC Civil Service Exam 2022. This action is part of the CCPA's efforts to safeguard consumer rights and ensure the accuracy of advertisements concerning educational services.

A district consumer commission in Mumbai has fined a restaurant ₹25,000 and directed it to refund a ₹29 service charge after ruling that levying a ‘mandatory’ service charge is not only ‘highly objectionable’ but also illegal.

A consumer court in Delhi has imposed a penalty of ₹45,000 on e-commerce giant Amazon and a retailer for the prolonged delay in issuing a refund for a faulty laptop, according to reports from Times of India. The Delhi East District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission deemed this delay as an "unfair trade practice," criticizing Amazon for leaving customers without evidence of the item's return.

According to sources cited by the Financial Times on Sunday, the European Union is poised to levy a fine of approximately 500 million euros ($539 million) on Apple for purported breaches of EU competition regulations