The Indian National Company Law Appellate Tribunal upholds the Competition Authority's decision that a company mandating a party to sign an agreement containing unfair and restrictive clauses is tantamount to abuse of its dominance (Verifone)

Patil, Nandish; Kumbhat, Suchitra

Previous article The Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal quashes the Competition Authority’s finding of a joint dominance in the retail broadband market (KPN / VodafoneZiggo / T-Mobile / Tele2) Next article The UK Court of Appeal of England & Wales provides guidance on the legal test for excessive and unfair pricing after finding that an undertaking is charged unfairly high prices for phenytoin sodium capsules (Pfizer / Flynn)

13 Mar 2020

The Indian National Company Law Appellate Tribunal upholds the Competition Authority’s decision that a company mandating a party to sign an agreement containing unfair and restrictive clauses is tantamount to abuse of its dominance (Verifone)

KEYWORDS

Reference

Indian National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Verifone, No. 01 OF 2017, 13 March 2020

Introduction The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) by way of its common order dated 13 March 2020 dismissed two appeals preferred by M/s Verifone India Sales Pvt Ltd. (Appellant/ OP 1/ Verifone) against two separate orders passed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). Information 1 M/s Atos Wordline India Pvt. Ltd. (Atos) filed an information under Section 19(1)(a) of the Competition Act, 2002 (Act) against Verifone and M/s Verifone System Inc (OP 2) alleging abuse of dominance in contravention of Section 4 of the Act (Information 1). Atos is an information technology services company operating in the areas of hi-tech transactional services and system integration and management services. Atos informed that OP 1/ Appellant is a leading supplier of Point of Sale

Access to this article is restricted to subscribers

Already Subscribed? Sign-in

Access to this article is restricted to subscribers.

Read one article for free

Sign-up to read this article for free and discover our services.

PDF Version

Authors

Nandish Patil
Supreme Court of India (New Delhi)

India 1 contribution 137 visits
Suchitra Kumbhat
Supreme Court of India (New Delhi)

India 1 contribution 137 visits

Quotation

Nandish Patil, Suchitra Kumbhat, The Indian National Company Law Appellate Tribunal upholds the Competition Authority’s decision that a company mandating a party to sign an agreement containing unfair and restrictive clauses is tantamount to abuse of its dominance (Verifone), 13 March 2020, e-Competitions Burden of proof, Art. N° 94934

Visites 137