https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=425362 Collective tariff fixation by associations of similarly placed transport service providers is treated as price determination and attracts the statutory presumption of an appreciable adverse effect on competition under the Competition Act, 2002; assertions of higher operating costs or industry participation do not rebut that presumption without concrete pro-competitive evidence. A collective ceiling on the number of trailers that CFS operators and their sister concerns may ply is likewise a restriction on the provision of services and falls within the statutory prohibition on limiting service capacity. The resulting legal effect is that such concerted conduct may be proceeded against as anti-competitive and may justify a cease-and-desist direction. en-us Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:16:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=425362 Collective tariff fixation by associations of similarly placed transport service providers is treated as price determination and attracts the statutory presumption of an appreciable adverse effect on competition under the Competition Act, 2002; assertions of higher operating costs or industry participation do not rebut that presumption without concrete pro-competitive evidence. A collective ceiling on the number of trailers that CFS operators and their sister concerns may ply is likewise a restriction on the provision of services and falls within the statutory prohibition on limiting service capacity. The resulting legal effect is that such concerted conduct may be proceeded against as anti-competitive and may justify a cease-and-desist direction. Case-Laws Law of Competition Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=425362