Competition Appellate Tribunal Court January 2014 Judgments

Nandu Ahuja and Others Vs. Competition Commission of India and Another

Court: Competition Appellate Tribunal

V.S. Sirpurkar Chairman 1. This judgment will govern the three appeals filed by one Shri Sunil Arjan Lulla being Appeal No. 12 of 2011; Shri Nandu Ahuja being Appeal No. 11 of 2011 and Ms. Jyoti Deshpande being Appeal No. 13 of 2011. The Competition Commission of India (for short the "CCI") by its impugned order dated 25.05.2011 have held that few parties who were engaged in the business of cinema production and / or distribution had been guilty under Section 3(3) of the Competition Act, 2002 (in short the "Act") in as much as they had engaged themselves in cartel conduct. The CCI had also found that the said conduct had caused appreciable adverse effect on competition. 2. The CCI had proceeded against more than 17 persons on the basis of the information provided by the FICCI Multiplex Association of India which was laid before the CCI on 26.05.2009 under Section 19(1) of the Act, through the advocates representing the Informant. 3. It was alleged that one body called United Producers/...