https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=778601 NCLAT upheld findings that the appellants engaged in cartelisation and bid-rigging in tenders for soil testing, violating ss.3(1), 3(3)(c) and 3(3)(d) of the Competition Act; the cease-and-desist direction under s.27(a) was affirmed. The Tribunal accepted the Commission's use of total turnover for penalty computation given negligible relevant turnover and first-time bidders, but applied proportionality by reducing the s.27(b) penalty from 5% to 3% of the average annual turnover for the last three years, noting the appellants played a supporting/cover-bid role. Application disposed. en-us Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 19 Sep 2025 08:33:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=778601 NCLAT upheld findings that the appellants engaged in cartelisation and bid-rigging in tenders for soil testing, violating ss.3(1), 3(3)(c) and 3(3)(d) of the Competition Act; the cease-and-desist direction under s.27(a) was affirmed. The Tribunal accepted the Commission's use of total turnover for penalty computation given negligible relevant turnover and first-time bidders, but applied proportionality by reducing the s.27(b) penalty from 5% to 3% of the average annual turnover for the last three years, noting the appellants played a supporting/cover-bid role. Application disposed. Case-Laws Law of Competition Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=778601