Tender Cancellation & Bidder Dispute Do Not Establish Anti-Competitive Conduct: CCI

Universal Gauges And Instruments Vs Singareni Collieries Company Limited (Competition Commission of India) The Informant filed information under Section 19(1)(a) of the Competition Act, alleging that the Opposite Party (OP), a government-owned coal mining company, violated Section 3(3)(d) by disqualifying its bid in a tender for tyre dismantling machines. The Informant participated in Tender No. 557005 issued on 08.11.2024 but was declared ineligible at the pre-qualification stage based on an evaluation report dated 11.01.2025, which stated that a machine earlier supplied by the Informant to N...