New Delhi: Advertising sector watchdog Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) upheld complaints against 98 misleading advertisements in October, including those of Flipkart, Air India, Bajaj Corp., AB Inbev India, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Panasonic, Xiaomi Technology, Vodafone and Bharti Airtel. The Customer Complaints Council (CCC) of ASCI received 162 complaints for the month. “Thus, the advertisement is misleading by implication and contravened Chapters I.4 and III.6(b) of the ASCI Code... “The claim Rs29 Mahiney bhar ka internet (Rs29 Internet for full month) is misleading by ambiguity and implication,” said ASCI. Mails sent to Vodafone, Airtel, Flipkart, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer, Panasonic and AB Inbev India seeking their response remained unanswered.

Source: Mint January 09, 2017 16:28 UTC