10 Inquiry into monopolistic or restrictive trade practices by commission

10. Inquiry into monopolistic or restrictive trade practices by commission

The Commission may inquiry into -

(a) any restrictive trade practice -

(i) upon receiving a complaint of facts which constitute such practice from any trade association or from any consumer or a registered consumers’ association, whether such consumer is a member of that consumers’ association or not, or

(ii) upon a reference made to it by the Central Government or a State Government, or

(iii) upon an application made to it by the Director General, or

(iv) upon its own knowledge or information;

(b) any monopolistic trade practice, upon a reference made to it by the Central Government or upon an application made to it by the Director General or upon its own knowledge or information.