Competition Appellate Tribuanl.

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Government of India

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

11-August-2011 19:23 IST

Competition Appellate Tribuanl

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri R.P.N. Singh today informed the Rajya Sabha since its inception on 20th May, 2009, the Competition Appellate Tribunal (CAT) has received 36 appeals against decisions of the Competition Commission of India. CAT functions out of New Delhi and has no benches outside.

CAT has disposed of 24 appeals till the end of July, 2011. In addition, CAT disposed of 1426 cases out of 1825 cases of the erstwhile Monopolies Restrictive Trade Practices Commission, which were transferred to the CAT. Out of these 1426 disposed cases, 114 cases have been restored on review applications.

The Minister was replying to a written question regarding number of appeals received at the Competition Appellate Tribunal (CAT) during the last three years, State-wise.

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