M/S.TATA FINANCE LTD.NOW TATA MOTORS LTD vs N.POONGODI

The Supreme Court held that the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission erred in not deciding the maintainability of the Compensation Application No. 7/2007 as a preliminary issue. The Court emphasized that the Commission should have examined the scope of the arbitration proceedings and the concept of abuse of process, particularly given the ten-year delay in filing the application. The impugned judgment was set aside, and the matter was remitted to the Commission to frame and decide the preliminary issue within four months.