Compensation claims: right to apply to the Commission for loss from antitrust contraventions and representative relief. Previously, the Act authorized applicants to seek from the Commission an order directing an enterprise to pay compensation for loss caused by contraventions of Chapter II; the Commission, after inquiry, could determine the recoverable amount. Representative applications by one or more persons for others sharing the same interest were permitted with the Commission's permission, applying Order 1 Rule 8 CPC principles, enabling recovery orders as a remedial response to anticompetitive conduct.
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Compensation claims: right to apply to the Commission for loss from antitrust contraventions and representative relief.
Previously, the Act authorized applicants to seek from the Commission an order directing an enterprise to pay compensation for loss caused by contraventions of Chapter II; the Commission, after inquiry, could determine the recoverable amount. Representative applications by one or more persons for others sharing the same interest were permitted with the Commission's permission, applying Order 1 Rule 8 CPC principles, enabling recovery orders as a remedial response to anticompetitive conduct.
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