Overview
- CCPA said Vision IAS misrepresented UPSC CSE 2022–2023 results by implying top rankers took its premium foundation course.
- Nidhi Khare confirmed this is the authority’s first penalty treated as a second contravention under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
- Of 119-plus successful candidates featured on the website, only three were foundation enrollees while 116 had used limited services such as test series or mock interviews.
- The advertisements were held to violate Section 2(28) on misleading ads, with the authority noting selective disclosures, lack of consent, and the lasting reach of website claims.
- The action forms part of a wider crackdown, with 57 notices issued to coaching institutes and penalties totaling about ₹1.09 crore on 28 entities.