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Beach Mineral Producers Association Vs IREL (India) Ltd (Competition Commission of India) The Commission notes that, until 1988, beach sand mining was restricted to the public sector owing to coexistence of monazite, a heavy mineral used for the production of thorium. Realising the untapped potential in the beach sand minerals sector, the Department of Atomic […]
Competition Commission notes that allegations of Informant pertain to collective dominance by OPs, which is not recognised under Competition Act, 2002
CCI observes that there must be some autonomy available to the manufacturers to deal with their goods the way they want, in alignment with their business requirements. Nobody can ask for an absolute right to deal with a particular business.
It was alleged that the various associations of Kraft Paper Manufacturers, by way of periodic meetings and correspondences, direct their members (i.e., Kraft Paper Mills) to: (i) increase the price of the paper to be sold to the buyers, i.e., corrugated box manufacturers; and (ii) create a condition of shortage to enforce the unjust price increase and shut the operation of the paper mills in a region collectively.
CCI held that, Punjab Medical Council is well within its jurisdiction to prescribe certain standards, guidelines, etc., for maintaining quality in medical education and practice.
CCH held that sporadic communications between OPs exchanging information, which is already available in public domain, cannot be construed as collusion between OPs.
Rakesh Khare Vs Krishna Engineering Works (Competition Commission of India) CCI issues cease and desist order against firms found guilty of bid rigging and cartelization in tender floated by Eastern Railway The Competition Commission of India (CCI) issued a final order today against eight firms which were found to have contravened the provisions of Sections […]
News Broadcasters & Digital Association Vs Alphabet Inc. (Competition Commission of India) Informant has inter alia levelled the following allegations against Google: 1. Members of the Informant are forced to provide their news content to Google in order to prioritise their weblinks in the Search Engine Result Page (SERP) of Google. Thus, Google free rides […]
There is no doubt that there did not appear to be any competitive bidding amongst the OPs, but such parallel conduct in itself cannot be equated with collusion so as to return a finding of bid rigging by the Commission in the absence of any plus factors or corroborative evidence, particularly when such benchmark was already available and known to all potential bidders.
Competition Commission is of prima-facie view that the allegations raised by the Informant are not substantiated by any evidence on record
