https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=432311 A Section 26(1) direction to investigate under the Competition Act is a preliminary administrative step based on a prima facie view, not a final adjudication. The Commission may act on information, tender data, procuring-agency responses, and allegations such as bid rigging if the order shows relevant material and some reasoning. At that stage, the writ court will not reappreciate disputed commercial or statistical facts, substitute a merits-based assessment, or interfere merely because alternative inferences are possible. Allegations of arbitrariness, non-application of mind, discrimination, or procedural illegality must be supported by demonstrated prejudice or statutory breach. The challenge to the investigation order was therefore not made out, and the order was sustained. en-us Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Jan 2023 11:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=432311 A Section 26(1) direction to investigate under the Competition Act is a preliminary administrative step based on a prima facie view, not a final adjudication. The Commission may act on information, tender data, procuring-agency responses, and allegations such as bid rigging if the order shows relevant material and some reasoning. At that stage, the writ court will not reappreciate disputed commercial or statistical facts, substitute a merits-based assessment, or interfere merely because alternative inferences are possible. Allegations of arbitrariness, non-application of mind, discrimination, or procedural illegality must be supported by demonstrated prejudice or statutory breach. The challenge to the investigation order was therefore not made out, and the order was sustained. Case-Laws Law of Competition Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=432311