bogies-Three of the tenderers quoting identical price-
Inference of formation of cartel-Board's decision of
dual pricing to control unfair trade practice ... Legitimate Expectation-Concept,scope and
applicability of.
Words and Phrases.-
"Cartel ", "predatory. "-Meaning of.
HEADNOTE:
These special leave petitions were disposed
that the opposite party
Nos. 2 to 4 herein had formed a cartel for successfully obtaining the contract.
Therefore, the contract was awarded in favour ... fact that the opposite parties No. 2 to 4 had formed a cartel
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decision taken by, any association of enterprises or association of persons, including cartels, engaged in identical or similar trade of goods or provision of services
Ultimately, the D.G. came to the conclusion that there was a cartel like
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behavior on the part of the bidders and that ... factors necessary for the
formation of cartel existed in the instant case. It was also found that there
was certainly a ground to hold concerted
agreement referred to in section 3 has been entered into by a cartel, the Commission may impose upon each producer, seller, distributor, trader or service ... provider included in that cartel, a penalty of up to three times of its profit for each year of the continuance of such agreement
Information:
2.1 The Commission took note of a news article titled "Cartelization by industry to push
up "sugar prices: Traders" published ... alleged that the cooperative and private sugar mills had formed a cartel to boost ex-
factory price of the sugar by an average
Appellate Tribunal established under sub-section (1) of section 53-A;] (c) "cartel" includes an association of producers, sellers, distributors, traders or service providers
Commission of India (for short, 'CCI') alleging anti-
competitive agreement/cartel having been formed by three major
telecom operators, namely, Bharti Airtel Limited ... providers, along with COAI, entered into an anti-competitive
agreement/formed a cartel and acted in an anti-competitive
manner which is prohibited
alleged in this complaint that four
manufactures of APT had formed a cartel by entering into an
anti-competitive agreement amongst themselves and on that ... would not mean that
there was any bid rigging or formation of cartel by the appellants.
Submission in this behalf was that the market forces
that any producer, seller, distributor, trader or service provider included in any cartel, which is alleged to have violated section 3, has made a full ... producer, seller, distributor, trader or service provider included in the cartel, who has made the full, true and vital disclosures under this section: Provided also
