Section 3 Competition Act Archives

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

‘Several key players act as competitive constraint’; CCI dismisses anti-competitive, abuse of dominance allegations against ICICI Securities, NSE & BSE

“The alleged conduct of concerted practice by NSE and BSE of prescribing standard agreement flows from the regulatory architecture and therefore, does not attract the provision of Section 3(3) of the Competition Act, 2002.”

using unhygienic products not within competition act scope

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Unauthorised occupation of public premises, use of unhygienic products, and violations of food safety standard not within scope of Competition Act: CCI

The Informant alleged that there is sharp decline in sales of his business, as a juice corner operator-Opposite Party sold cooked food from unhygienic and unknown sources at below manufacturing cost, leading to unfair competition in respect to vendors who are complying with the regulations.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Read why CCI dismissed claim against Hindalco and Vedanta alleging duopoly & abuse of dominant position vis-a-vis copper supply

“The condition for de-pricing and recovery of loss for the booked copper is applicable only in case the terms of the contract are not fulfilled by the purchaser resulting in loss to the seller. Such condition in the commodity market which is prone to price risks cannot be considered to be unfair.”

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

CCI | Companies not to indulge in mandating clearance/NOC/LOC that are anti-competitive as per S. 3 of Competition Act

Competition Commission of India (CCI): Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and U.C. Nahta and Sangeeta Verma (Members) heard the information filed by MPCDF