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(ZA) Deletion of Section 37 of the Competition Act as it stood prior to the amendment with effect from 12th October, 2007 cannot be a conclusive indication of the legislature having intended to divest the CCI of the power of review or an argument to contend that the power of review if found to be existing in the CCI de hors Section 37 has been taken away by deletion of Section 37. It is well nigh possible that the legislature deleted Section 37 finding the same to be superfluous in view of the inherent power of the CCI to review/recall its orders. The Supreme Court in K.K. Velusamy Vs. N. Palanisamy (2011) 11 SCC 275 negatived such a contention in the context of deletion from the Civil Procedure Code of Order XVIII Rule 17A for production of evidence not previously known or evidence which could not be produced despite due diligence. It was held that the deletion of the said provision does not mean that no evidence can be received at all after a party closes evidence and that it only means that the amended Civil Procedure Code found no need for such a provision.