ndeals on wheels: In 1990, the MGP received complaints from 800 people who had booked two-wheelers from LML Vespa, but were not given the vehicles even after eight years. The MGP filed a case under the Consumer Protection Act and won a compensation of Rs 40 crore for the complainants.

nbutter or poison? In the Nineties, MGP discovered that Mumbai’s Worli and Aarey milk dairies were using Irish butter contaminated in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The Supreme Court rejected the PIL seeking a ban on the radio-active butter. MGP took the agitation to the streets, forcing the Maharashtra government to withdraw the butter from the market.

nculture shock: In April 1993, a vulgar advertisement by Haywards, a beer manufacturer, was withdrawn after MGP complained to the Advertisement Standards Council of India.