CCI dismisses case against a wholesale supplier of consumer durable goods

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in an information filed against a wholesale supplier of consumer durable goods, alleging that the supplier unilaterally changed the amount of refundable security deposit and was ignoring the purchase orders, among other things, resulting in cheating, misappropriation and fraud on the part of the supplier, dismissed the case at prima facie stage, stating that the “allegations are purely in the realm of commercial disputes arising out of a failed business arrangement raising no competition concerns.