New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday granted six weeks time to several states and Union Territories to file their responses on a plea which sought to declare that consumers have a “right to know” about the quality, purity and certification of products, besides the details of distributors and sellers. In July last year, the apex court had agreed to hear the plea and sought responses from the Centre, various states and UTs and others. “We grant six weeks time to the respondents who have not filed responses to file the same…,” the bench said. “Right to know helps consumers avoid falling prey to fraudulent or deceptive distributor, dealer, trader, seller and shop owner, who might misrepresent product/services or disappear after sale, purchase and money transaction,” it said. It said in essence, the right to know empowers consumers to be informed or protected and to make choices when engaging in sale, purchase and money transactions.