No contravention of Competition Act, 2002 by Eastern Coalfields: CCI

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited Vs Eastern Coalfields Limited (Competition Commission of India) The dispute in the present Information centres around the sampling procedure. The Informant alleges that the sampling policy of CIL, whereunder the referee samples are to be kept in the premises of ECL/similar subsidiaries of CIL, has made the sampling and testing system of the dominant player vulnerable to tampering of samples by the conflicted supplier. The Commission notes that, in present dispute, the mechanism for sampling and testing of the coals supplied to TANGEDCO...