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Mittal, Members, while addressing information being filed under Section 19(1)(a) for contravention of provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of the Competition Act, 2002, found no <em>prima facie <\/em>case made out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the present matter the factual matrix of the case stands out in the following manner, the Informant has alleged OP-Timex Group India Ltd. of indulging in anti-competitive conduct\/practices. Informant was responsible for selling OP\u2019s wrist watches on e-commerce platforms. The following were the allegations placed against the OP:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>OP is indulging in <strong>Resale Price Maintenance<\/strong> with its distributors in contravention of Section 3 (4)(e) of the Competition Act, 2002.<\/li>\n<li>OP discriminated the Informant against other e-commerce players by <strong>limiting the market<\/strong> for distribution of the OP and in violation of Sections 3(3)(a), 3(3)(b) and 3(3)(c) of the Competition Act, 2002.<\/li>\n<li>OP instructed its retailers\/service centres against providing after-sale services to the wrist watches being sold by the Informant, which resulted in the deprivation of consumer service in contravention of Section 3(4)(d) of the Act.<\/li>\n<li>OP has also been alleged to file a frivolous suit against Informant saying that OP is engaged in manufacturing of counterfeit wrist watches of the OP.<\/li>\n<li>Agreements entered between the OP and its dealers\/distributors created an appreciable adverse effect on competition in contravention of Sections 4 and 3 of the Act.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Commission on perusal of the allegations been placed upon and conducting an exhaustive hearing with multiple dates for the same and going through in-depth proceedings by patiently taking up the contentions of both the parties and explaining its own stance on the allegations, Commission found no contravention of the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of the Competition Act, 2002 and ordered the matter to be closed under Section 26 (2) of the Act. 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