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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">BJCR</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">British Journal of Contemporary Research</journal-title>
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      <issn>2979-8582</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Bexford Publishing Ltd</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">BEX_SEP_26_057</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.67693/BJCR-P56U49AN</article-id>
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        <article-title xml:lang="en">Reconstructing the Right to Repair: Comparative Legal Responses in the Post-Brexit United Kingdom, the European Union and India</article-title>
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            <given-names>Vivek Kumar</given-names>
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        <email>dr.ashokkumar.sharma@mcm.ac.in</email>
        <bio xml:lang="en"><p>Research Scholar, Department of Law, Meerut College, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India</p></bio>
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            <given-names>Vivek Kumar</given-names>
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        <email>vivekkumar@mcm.ac.in</email>
        <bio xml:lang="en"><p>ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9281-9620 | Department of Law, Meerut College, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut</p></bio>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="epub">
        <day>10</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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      <volume>1</volume>
      <issue>5</issue>
      
      
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        <event event-type="received">
          <event-desc>Received: <date date-type="received">
            <day>08</day>
            <month>09</month>
            <year>2026</year>
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          <event-desc>Accepted: <date date-type="accepted">
            <day>14</day>
            <month>09</month>
            <year>2026</year>
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        <copyright-statement>Copyright (c) 2026 Vivek Kumar</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
        <license xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">
          <license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.</license-p>
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      <abstract><p>Abstract
The right to repair has moved in a few years from a consumer campaign to a legal obligation. The European Union now requires manufacturers of certain products to repair them on request, under a Directive that came into application on 31 July, 2026. The United Kingdom, having left the Union, has not followed, so that the same washing machine sold in Dublin and in Manchester now carries different legal obligations. More curiously, it carries different obligations in Belfast and in Manchester because Northern Ireland remains aligned with European goods law under the Windsor Framework. India has taken a third route, building a Right to Repair Portal and a Repairability Index without enacting any right at all. This article compares the three, argues that India&#039;s approach is weaker than it appears because it rests on voluntary participation and self-declaration. It further suggests that the most useful Indian reform lies not in a new statute but in the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 and the competition jurisprudence that already exists.

Keywords: Right to Repair, Regulatory Divergence, Brexit, Competition Jurisprudence, Repairability Index.</p></abstract>
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