Under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, product liability is the responsibility of a product manufacturer or seller of any product or service to ________ any harm caused to a consumer by defective product manufactured or sold or by deficiency in services.
Which words fill the blank?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → compensate for
Option (1) prevent — Incorrect. Product liability comes in after the harm has been caused. It is about making good that harm, so the word is not prevent.
Option (2) compensate for — Correct. Product liability is the responsibility to compensate for any harm caused to a consumer by a defective product or by deficiency in services. To compensate means to pay money to make good the loss.
Option (3) report to the commission — Incorrect. The meaning puts no duty on the manufacturer or seller to report anything. Its duty is to pay for the harm.
Option (4) find the cause of — Incorrect. The duty named is to pay for the harm. Where a defect can be found only by a test, the commission sends a sample of the goods to the appropriate authority for analysis.
NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “Terms & Definitions … 10. Product Seller: Any person in the course of business imports, sells, distributes, leases, installs, prepares, labels, markets, repairs, maintains or otherwise involved in placing the product for commercial use or a service provider. “1. District Commission: … If the complaint alleges defect in goods which cannot be determined without proper analysis or test of goods, the commission obtains the sample of goods, seal it and refer to the appropriate authority for analysis. …” |