CCI Forms Prima Facie View of Competition Act Violation, Orders DG Investigation in Case No. 41 of 2025

The Competition Commission of India has formed a prima facie opinion of contravention of the Competition Act, 2002 and directed the Director General to investigate Case No. 41 of 2025.

The Competition Commission of India, in an order dated 1 June 2026, formed a prima facie opinion that provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 have been contravened in Case No. 41 of 2025. Acting on that opinion, the Commission directed the Director General to cause an investigation to be made into the matter.

Prima Facie Finding and Statutory Trigger

Under the Competition Act, 2002, the Commission is empowered to direct the Director General to investigate a matter where it forms a prima facie view that a contravention has occurred or is occurring. The order in Case No. 41 of 2025 records that the Commission reached such a view and exercised that power accordingly.

The digest does not disclose the identity of the informant, the opposite party, the specific market or sector involved, or the precise provision of the Competition Act alleged to have been contravened. Those details are not available from the source material.

Role of the Director General

A direction to the Director General at this stage is investigative, not adjudicatory. The Director General will gather evidence and submit a report to the Commission. The Commission will then consider that report before proceeding further. No finding of contravention has been recorded at this stage; the order reflects only the threshold prima facie satisfaction required to initiate inquiry.

Order

The Competition Commission of India directed the Director General to cause an investigation into Case No. 41 of 2025 by order dated 1 June 2026. No further directions, timelines, or interim reliefs are recorded in the available digest.