BIS Hyderabad seizes 1.6 kg of gold jewellery in Abids over hallmarking violations

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) conducted a hunt cognition astatine a jewellery store successful Abids, Hyderabad, connected Monday, June 22 and seized astir 1.6 kg of golden jewellery for allegedly violating mandatory hallmarking norms nether the BIS Act, 2016.

The inspection revealed that the constitution was offering golden jewellery articles for merchantability without the mandatory BIS hallmark. Officials besides detected jewellery bearing aged hallmark markings, which they said was successful contravention of the provisions governing the merchantability of hallmarked golden jewellery.

The seized banal comprised rings, necklaces and pendants, with the full quantity of golden jewellery confiscated during the cognition estimated astatine astir 1.6 kg. Further enactment has been initiated against the constitution nether the provisions of the BIS Act, 2016.

“Consumer extortion remains a cardinal precedence for BIS. We impulse buyers to acquisition lone BIS hallmarked golden jewellery carrying the BIS logo, purity people and Hallmark Unique Identification (HUID) number,” said P.V. Srikanth, manager and head, BIS Hyderabad branch.

BIS said it would proceed marketplace surveillance and enforcement activities to safeguard user interests and beforehand prime and transparency successful the marketplace.