Supreme Court of India
Competition Commission of India v. Bharti Airtel Limited and Others
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the order under Section 26(1) of the Competition Act is administrative in nature and further that it was merely a prima facie opinion directing the Director General to carry the investigation, the High Court would not be competent to adjudge t he validity of such an order on merits.
Judgment, page 95
From the headnote
Competition Act, 2002: ss.14, 19, 21, 21A and 26 – RJIL filed information under the Act alleging anti-competitiv e agreement/ cartel having been formed by three major telecom operators ( IDOs) along with COAI – Grievance of RJIL was that the IDOs intentionally ignored its request to augment Point of Interconnection (POIs) for access, National Long Distance and international Lo ng Distance services, as the capacity already provided to it wa s causing huge POI congestion resulting in call failures on its ne twork – Apart from IDOs, certain allegations were made against CO AI also – It was
Authorities it was built on
- 2002 Bhavnagar University v. Palitana Sugar Mill Pvt, Ltd. and Ors.
- 1990 Ashoka Marketing Ltd. and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Punjab National Bank and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 2010 Competition Commission of India v. Steel Authority of India Ltd. & Anr.
- 2014 State of Nct of Delhi v. Sanjay
- 2007 Carona Ltd. v. M/s Parathy Swaminathan & Sons
- 2002 M/s. Haridas Exports v. All India Float Glass Mfrs. Association and Ors.
- 2011 Union of India and Anr. v. Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India and Ors.
- 2001 Solidaire India Ltd. v. Fairgrowth Financial Services Ltd. and Ors.
- 2017 Excel Crop Care Limited v. Competition Commission of India and Another
- 1979 State of Punjab v. Labour Court, Jullundur & Ors
- 2017 Competition Commission of India v. Co-ordination Committee of Artists and Technicians of W.B. Film and Television and Ors.
- 2007 Begum Sahiba Sultan v. Nawab Mohd. Mansur Ali Khan and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
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