Rounding Off Railway Fares Prima Facie Abuse of Dominance: CCI

Mr. Meet Shah Vs Union of India, Ministry of Railway (Competition Commissioner of India) Railway and IRCTC (Opposite Parties) have not been able to convince the Commission as to why the policy of rounding off of actual base fares to the next higher multiple of Rs.5 is applicable to the sale of online tickets, when it may be possible for the Opposite Parties to transfer even one paisa electronically. Further, during the preliminary conference, the Opposite Parties could not explain why rounding off is done separately for each passenger even when more than one tickets are booked through one acco...