Supreme Court of India
Nirma Industries Ltd. v. Director General of Investigation and Registration
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the impugned order of the Commission passed under Section 360 of the Act holding that the company had committed unfair trade practice under Section 36A(3)(a) of the Act is unsustainable and it is accordingly quashed and set aside.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 : Sections 36- (3 )(a) and 36- . c Unfair trade practice-Company floated a scheme of awarding and distributing of prizes through a lottery as an incentive to the consumer for its products-Complaint filed before Director General (Investigation & Registra tion) alleging that company had increased price of its products just prior to launching of scheme with an intention to recover the value of the prizes fully or partly from the consumers-DG (I & R) immediately filed an application before the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices
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