Know your rights — RTI, consumer protection, tenant rights and more.
Knowing your rights is the difference between being stuck and being heard. This section turns India's laws and government processes — RTI, consumer protection, tenancy and the new criminal codes — into step-by-step guides an ordinary citizen can actually use, without a lawyer. Every guide links to the official portals, forms and helplines you will need.
Lost money to an online scam? The exact reporting steps — the 1930 helpline, the National Cyber Crime Portal, filing an FIR — and how frozen money actually comes back to you.
Landlord withholding your deposit for 'painting' and 'cleaning'? Deposit caps, the move-in checklist that wins disputes, and the exact steps to recover what you're owed.
False urgency timers, sneaked-in charges, subscriptions you can't cancel — India's consumer watchdog has banned 13 'dark patterns' and is auditing e-commerce platforms. Know the tricks and where to complain.
India's data protection law rewrote the RTI Act's personal-information exemption, and the Supreme Court is now examining it. What you can still ask, what gets blocked, and how to draft around it.
India's new criminal procedure law (BNSS) lets you file an FIR at any police station, or online. Step-by-step process, your rights, and what to do if police refuse to register it.
From defective products to airline refunds, India's consumer commissions now accept complaints fully online. Fees, jurisdiction, the National Consumer Helpline, and a step-by-step e-Daakhil walkthrough.