Appeal to Supreme Court
Section 53T of the Competition Act, 2002 deals with appeal to Supreme Court. [253T. Appeal to Supreme Court.--The Central Government or any State Government or the Commission or any statutory authority or any local authority or any enterprise or any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the Appellate Tribunal may file an appeal to the Supreme Court within sixty days f The Act came into force on 31 Mar 2003.
1[253T. Appeal to Supreme Court.--The Central Government or any State Government or the Commission or any statutory authority or any local authority or any enterprise or any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the Appellate Tribunal may file an appeal to the Supreme Court within sixty days from the date of communication of the decision or order of the Appellate Tribunal to them:
Provided that the Supreme court may, if it is satisfied that the applicant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal within the said period, allow it to be filed after the expiry of the said period of sixty days.]
Section 53T, The Competition Act, 2002 (Act 12 of 2003).
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Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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Rajasthan Cylinders and Containers Ltd. v. Union of India
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
Appeals under Competition Act s.53T against COMPAT. Price parallelism in an oligopsony (IOCL LPG-cylinder tenders) is not by itself conclusive of a s.3(3) anti-competitive agreement or bid-rigging; CCI/COMPAT findings and s.27 penalties were set aside for want of sufficient evidence of an agreement. Excel Crop Care on the same CNR-era docket remains ROP-only and is not used. Use Judgement order-122.pdf (2018-10-01), not order-121 ROP.
On this section: Statutory appeal to the Supreme Court from COMPAT; the Court re-examined the s.3 evidence on this appeal.
The holding above is the ratio decidendi as extracted from the judgment by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered — it is a rendering of the court's reasoning, not a substitute for its words. Read the order itself before relying on it.
Questions about Section 53T
What have the courts held on Section 53T of the Competition Act?
Rajasthan Cylinders and Containers Ltd. v. Union of India (01 Oct 2018) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Statutory appeal to the Supreme Court from COMPAT; the Court re-examined the s.3 evidence on this appeal.
How do I find court cases under Section 53T of the Competition Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Competition Act 53T, section 53T Competition Act, section 53T of the Competition Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Rajasthan Cylinders and Containers Ltd. v. Union of India (01 Oct 2018).
What should I read with Section 53T of the Competition Act, and has it changed?
1 other provision in this corpus refers back to it.
When did Section 53T of the Competition Act come into force?
Section 53T of the Competition Act, cited as Competition Act 53T, came into force on 31 Mar 2003, having been enacted on 13 Jan 2003. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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