Court : Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission MRTPC
Reported in : (1991)72CompCas80NULL
1. This enquiry has been placed before the Full Bench for disposal because of the fact that some of the judgments touching upon the subject of this enquiry are inconsistent with each other and also because of the importance of the subject involved in this enquiry. The facts leading to this enquiry ought to be stated. An organisation called "Society for Civic Rights" made an application to the Commission under Section 36B(a) of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969, complaining of an unfair trade practice on the part of the respondent which is a limited company. The society, hereinafter, for brevity, will be referred to as "the complainant." The respondent is a leading manufacturer of tooth paste and tooth brushes. According to the complaint, the respondent-company had inserted an advertisement in several newspapers in September, 1984, announcing what it called "Colgate Trigard Family Good Habits Contest". "Trigard" incidentally is the name of the tooth brush manufac...
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