BMW, Hyundai pleas against CCI rejected

BMW, Hyundai pleas against CCI rejected

The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed petitions by Hyundai and BMW questioning the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) powers to expand the scope of investigations beyond the limit of the original complaint.

Justice V Ramasubramanian said that the director general — CCI’s investigation arm — had not overstepped its brief in including all the prominent carmakers under the probe ambit with regard to unfair trade practices in the sale of spare parts.