Srinagar, Aug. 21 -- The Legal Metrology Department (LMD) in Kulgam has done what consumers across J&K have long been waiting for-calling out the blatant cheating that hides behind glossy e-commerce portals. By imposing a penalty of Rs 1 lakh on a leading Amazon seller for violating the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, the department has sent out a reminder to both corporations and sellers that consumers cannot to be taken for granted. The offence in question is no minor lapse. Inflated net quantity displayed online, while delivering less than what was promised, is nothing short of fraud. It is digital pickpocketing-stealing not from the pockets of one or two buyers, but from thousands, silently and invisibly. Unlike in...