Oral submissions by video conferencing may be made in Competition Act proceedings and must be considered before final orders.

In proceedings under Section 19 of the Competition Act, 2002, the petitioner was permitted to make oral submissions through video conferencing, and those submissions had to be considered along with the documentary evidence before final orders were passed. The document clarifies that oral hearing by video link may be allowed in the proceeding and that the decision-maker must take those oral submissions into account before concluding the matter.

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Issues: Whether the petitioner should be permitted to make oral submissions before the respondent in proceedings under Section 19 of the Competition Act, 2002, and whether the respondent should consider such submissions before passing final orders.

Outcome: The petitioner was permitted to advance oral submissions through video conferencing, and the respondent was directed to consider those submissions along with the documentary evidence before passing final orders.

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