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Competition Law Newsletter – August 2025

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The CCI, vide an order dated 31 July 2025, dismissed the allegations of cartelisation and bidrigging by various companies associated with the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group...

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CCI DISMISSES ALLEGATIONS OF BIDRIGGING AGAINST COAL MINE COMPANIES

The CCI, vide an order dated 31 July 2025, dismissed the allegations of cartelisation and bidrigging by various companies associated with the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, Adani Group, and others during the 2015 and 2023 coal mine auctions run by the Government of India. It was alleged that the entities were colluding to suppress competition, impacting the competitive integrity of the coal block allocation process. Allegations included cartel behaviour, bid suppression, use of common infrastructure for bidding, and financial connections between participants.

The CCI explicitly relied upon Rajasthan Cylinders and Containers Ltd. and Others v. Union of India and Others, and underscored the necessity to consider the views of the procurer in cases alleging cartelisation. The CCI observed that the Ministry of Coal (MoC), as the procurer, had expressed no apprehension or concern regarding cartelisation or

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