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Experiences with the Monopolies & Restrictive Trade Practices
(MRTP) Act, 1969

Misleading Sales: CUTS filed an unfair-trade-practice case in the Commission, in August, 1984 against Bal Krishna Khurana, for misleading customers and alleged ‘bait and switch’ approach to selling consumer goods (clothing). The Commission passed an ex parte order against Khurana and also directed newspapers to stop accepting such misleading advertisements.