Tamarai Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v. Teesta Distributors and Others.
Case brief
What is this about?
The Competition Commission of India examined allegations of bid rigging against four lottery agents who submitted identical minimum bids. The Commission dismissed the inquiry, finding statutory compliance and parallel conduct insufficient to prove collusion.
What did the court decide?
Information ordered to be closed forthwith as no case was made out for contravention of Section 3 of the Act.
What the court decided
COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA
Case No. 24 of 2012
In Re:
Tamarai Technologies Pvt. Ltd 703-704, Padma Tower 1 Rajendra Place New Delhi - 110005
Informant
And Teesta Distributors 2nd Floor Anand Mangal Square S.F. Road, Siliguri West Bengal-734 005
Opposite Party No. 1
N.V International E-217, Greater Kailash-I New Delhi- 110 048
Opposite Party No. 2
Ecool Gaming Solutions (P) Ltd. Continental Building, 135 Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli Mumbai - 400 018 Opposite Party No. 3 Summit Online Trade Solutions Pvt. Ltd. No. 781-785 Anna Salai, Rayala Towers No. 7 Ground Floor, Chennai Tamil Nadu – 600 034 Opposite Party No. 4 Government of Mizoram (Through the Director) Institutional Finance & State Lottery Aizwal, Mizoram – 796 001 Opposite Party No. 5
Issues for consideration
3 issues framed by the court
Whether identical minimum bids of Rs. 10,000 attributed to collusive cartelization in violation of Section 3 of the Competition Act, 2002.
Whether parallel conduct of bidding at a statutory floor price constitutes sufficient evidence of bid rigging without additional corroborative material.
Whether common commercial relationships, such as shared sub-stockists, establish prima facie contravention of competition laws absent proof of explicit agreement.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Tamarai Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
- respondent
Teesta Distributors
- respondent
N.V. International
- respondent
Ecool Gaming Solutions (P) Ltd.
- respondent
Summit Online Trade Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- respondent
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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