The Government has said that efforts are being made to dispose of the pending cases in theMonopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission by taking these up before the benches of the Commission. Being a quasi judicial body, the MRTP Commission adjudicates the cases in process before it and after completion of the relevant proceedings, makes orders as it deems fit under the provisions of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969.
Position with regards to various types of cases registered/pending with MRTPC since 1.1.2006 is given below: - Year Enquiries Pendency at the beginning of the year Cases registered/ instituted during the year Cases disposed of during the year Cases pending at the end of the year 2006 01.01.2006 to 31.12.2006 RTPE UTPE MTPE CA 338 606 5 1147 73 149 0 176 104 172 0 213 307 583 5 1110 2007 01.01.2007 to 31.12.2007 RTPE UTPE MTPE CA 307 583 5 1110 36 206 0 100 59 129 2 83 284 660 3 1127 2008 01.01.2008 to 30.12.2008 RTPE UTPE MTPE CA 284 660 3 1127 55 205 4 204 49 145 0 195 290 720 7 1136 2009 01.01.2009 to 30.06.2009 RTPE UTPE MTPE CA 290 720 7 1136 24 110 0 76 17 51 2 44 297 775 7 1168 *RTPE : Restrictive Trade Practices Enquiries *UTPE : Unfair Trade Practices Enquiries *MTPE : Monopolies Trade Practices Enquiries *CA : Compensation Application This information was given today by Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister for Corporate Affairs, in the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
