Supreme Court of India

Competition Commission of India v. Thomas Cook (india) Ltd. & Anr.

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Reported as [2018] 3 S.C.R. 391
Bench Arun Mishra and Navin Sinha JJ.
Decided 17 April 2018

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What the Court ordered

Resultantly, the appeal filed by the Commission is allowed, the order passed by the Tribunal is set aside, and passed by the Commission imposing penalty of Rupees One crore is hereby restored.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Competition Act, 2002: ss.6(2) and 43A – Imposition of penalty u/s.43A for non- compliance of provision u/s.6(2) – Propriety of – T he three respondent companies decided about de-merger/amalga mation – Share Subscription Agreement (SSA), Share Purchase Agreement (SPA), Open Offer and Market Purchases were also pa rt of the transaction – Respondents sent Notice u/s. 6(2) to appellant- Commission notifying only ‘Demerger’ and ‘Amalgamation’ and n ot other transactions – Other transactions were, howev er, disclosed while claiming exemption u/s. 5 – Appellant-Commissi on imposed penalty u/s.43A

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