https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=93129 The NCLAT dismissed all three appeals, upholding the Commission's finding that the appellants engaged in anti-competitive practices constituting contraventions of Sections 3(3)(c) and 3(3)(d) read with Section 3(1) of the Competition Act. The Tribunal affirmed that a cartel may be inferred on a probabilistic standard from circumstantial evidence and parties' conduct, and found the documentary record here demonstrative of bid-rigging in soil-testing tenders. The direction under Section 27(a) to cease and desist was endorsed as legally valid. The Tribunal also approved the Commission's methodology of computing penalty on total turnover given nil relevant turnover of first-time bidders, concluding there was no infirmity in the impugned order. en-us Tue, 07 Oct 2025 08:30:49 +0530 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 08:30:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=93129 The NCLAT dismissed all three appeals, upholding the Commission's finding that the appellants engaged in anti-competitive practices constituting contraventions of Sections 3(3)(c) and 3(3)(d) read with Section 3(1) of the Competition Act. The Tribunal affirmed that a cartel may be inferred on a probabilistic standard from circumstantial evidence and parties' conduct, and found the documentary record here demonstrative of bid-rigging in soil-testing tenders. The direction under Section 27(a) to cease and desist was endorsed as legally valid. The Tribunal also approved the Commission's methodology of computing penalty on total turnover given nil relevant turnover of first-time bidders, concluding there was no infirmity in the impugned order. Highlights Law of Competition Tue, 07 Oct 2025 08:30:49 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=93129