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Case Nos. 21, 29, 36, 47, 48 and 49 of 2013 Page 1 of 50 COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA Case No. 21 of 2013 In Re: India Glycols Ltd. Informant And Indian Sugar Mills Association Opposite Party No. 1 National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories Opposite Party No. 2 Ethanol Manufacturers Association Opposite Party No. 3 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 4 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 5 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 6 WITH Case No. 29 of 2013 In Re: Ester India Chemicals Ltd. Informant And Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd. Opposite Party No. 1 Upper Ganges Sugar and Industries Ltd. (now, Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd.) Opposite Party No. 2 Triveni Engineering and Industries Ltd. Opposite Party No. 3 Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd. Opposite Party No. 4 Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd. (now, Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd.) Opposite Party No. 5 Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd. Opposite Party No. 6 Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd. Opposite Party No. 7 Mawana Sugars Ltd. Opposite Party No. 8 KM Sugar Mills Ltd. Opposite Party No. 9 Kisan Sahkari Chini Mills Ltd. Opposite Party No. 10 Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd. Opposite Party No. 11 Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd. Opposite Party No. 12 The Seskaria Biswan Sugar Factory Ltd. Opposite Party No. 13 Sir Shadi Lal Enterprises Ltd. Opposite Party No. 14 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 15 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 16 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 17 WITH Case Nos. 21, 29, 36, 47, 48 and 49 of 2013 Page 2 of 50 Case No. 36 of 2013 In Re: Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. Informant And Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 1 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 2 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 3 Indian Sugar Mills Association Opposite Party No. 4 National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories Opposite Party No. 5 Ethanol Manufacturers Association Opposite Party No. 6 WITH Case No. 47 of 2013 In Re: AB Sugars Ltd. Informant And Indian Sugar Mills Association Opposite Party No. 1 National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories Opposite Party No. 2 Ethanol Manufacturers Association Opposite Party No. 3 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 4 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 5 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 6 WITH Case No. 48 of 2013 In Re: Wave Distilleries and Breweries Ltd. Informant And Indian Sugar Mills Association Opposite Party No. 1 National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories Opposite Party No. 2 Ethanol Manufacturers Association Opposite Party No. 3 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 4 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 5 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 6 WITH Case Nos. 21, 29, 36, 47, 48 and 49 of 2013 Page 3 of 50 Case No. 49 of 2013 In Re: Lords Distillery Ltd. Informant And Indian Sugar Mills Association Opposite Party No. 1 National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories Opposite Party No. 2 Ethanol Manufacturers Association Opposite Party No. 3 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 4 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 5 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Opposite Party No. 6 CORAM Ms. Ravneet Kaur Chairperson Mr. Anil Agrawal Member Ms. Sweta Kakkad Member Mr. Deepak Anurag Member PRESENT For Informant No. 1 – India Glycols Ltd. : Mr. Manas Kumar Chaudhari and Mr. Aman Baroka, Advocates with Mr. Peter Paul, Legal Advisor of India Glycols Ltd. For Informant No. 2 - Ester India Chemicals Ltd. : Ms. Shruti Iyer and Ms. Nishita Jagetia, Advocates For Informant No. 3 – Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. : None For Informant No. 4 - AB Sugars Ltd. : None For Informant No. 5 – Wave Distilleries and Breweries Ltd. : None For Informant No. 6 – Lords Distillery Ltd. : None For Opposite Party No. 1 – Indian Sugar Mills Association : Mr. Sridhar Potaraju, Senior Advocate with Ms. Ankita Sharma, Ms. Shiwani Tushir, Mr. Ayush, Mr. Rajat Srivastava and Mr. Laut Mohan, Advocates and Case Nos. 21, 29, 36, 47, 48 and 49 of 2013 Page 4 of 50 Ms. Bharti Balaji of Indian Sugar Mills Association For Opposite Party No. 2 – National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories : None For Opposite Party No. 3 – Ethanol Manufacturers Association : Mr. Bhushan V. Mahadik, Mr. Ranjit Raut and Ms. Pallavi Pukale, Advocates For Opposite Party No. 4 – Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. : Mr. Vishal Singh and Mr. Shiv Sapra, Advocates For Opposite Party No. 5 – Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. : Mr. Vishal Singh and Mr. Shiv Sapra, Advocates For Opposite Party No. 6 – Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. : Mr. Vishal Singh and Mr. Shiv Sapra, Advocates For Opposite Party No. 7 – Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd. : Mr. A.K. Agarwal, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Mr. Bhishm Pratap Singh and Mr. Mayank Bughani, Advocates For Opposite Party No. 8 – Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd. (erstwhile Upper Ganges Sugar and Industries Ltd. and Oudh Sugar Mills Ltd.) : Mr. Pankaj Bhagat, Advocate with Mr. Shishir Agarwal, Senior Manager, Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd. For Opposite Party No. 9 – Triveni Engineering and Industries Ltd. : Mr. Pranjit Bhattacharya, Advocate For Opposite Party No. 10 – Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd. : Ms. Suneha Jain and Mr. Aman Kumar Thakur, Advocates For Opposite Party No. 11 – Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd. : None For Opposite Party No. 12 – Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd. : Mr. Gautam Shahi and Mr. Narinder Kumar Verma, Advocates For Opposite Party No. 13 – Mawana Sugars Ltd. : Mr. P.K. Bhalla, Advocate with Mr. Gagan Deep Panwar, Manager (Legal), Mawana Sugars Ltd. For Opposite Party No. 14 – KM Sugar Mills Ltd. : Mr. Pankaj Bhagat, Advocate with Mr. Bal Mukund Sharma, Senior Manager For Opposite Party No. 15 – The Kisan Sahkari Chini Mills Ltd. : None For Opposite Party No. 16 – Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd. : Mr. A.K. Agarwal, Mr. Sushil Trivedi, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh and Mr. Bhishm Pratap Singh, Advocates Case Nos. 21, 29, 36, 47, 48 and 49 of 2013 Page 5 of 50 For Opposite Party No. 17 – Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd. : Mr. M.M. Sharma and Mr. Ankit Singh Rajput, Advocates with Mr. Abhishek Dua, Manager (Legal), Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd. For Opposite Party No. 18 – The Seskaria Biswan Sugar Factory Ltd. : Mr. Pankaj Bhagat, Advocate For Opposite Party No. 19 – Sir Shadi Lal Enterprises Ltd. : Mr. Anil Kumar Mishra, Advocate with Mr. Vishambhar Dahuja, Deputy General Manager, Sir Shadi Lal Enterprises Ltd. For Opposite Party No. 20 – Sahakari Khand Udyog Mandali Ltd. : Mr. Bhushan V. Mahadik, Mr. Ranjit Raut and Ms. Pallavi Pukale, Advocates For Opposite Party No. 21 – Shree Ganesh Khand Udyog Sahakari Mandli Ltd. : Mr. Bhushan V. Mahadik, Mr. Ranjit Raut and Ms. Pallavi Pukale, Advocates For Opposite Party No. 22 – Shree Kamrej Vibhag Sahakari Khand Udyog Mandali Ltd. : Mr. Bhushan V. Mahadik, Mr. Ranjit Raut and Ms. Pallavi Pukale, Advocates For Opposite Party No. 23 – Shree Mahuva Pradesh Sahakari Khand Udyog Mandali Ltd. : Mr. Bhushan V. Mahadik, Mr. Ranjit Raut and Ms. Pallavi Pukale, Advocates For Opposite Party No. 24 – The Andhra Sugars Ltd. : Mr. M.A. Chinnasamy and Mr. Senthil Kumar, Advocates For Opposite Party No. 25 – Sri Sarvaraya Sugars Ltd. : Mr. Sudipto Sircar, Advocate ORDER Facts: 1. In the captioned matters, in 2013, separate Informations under Section 19(1)(a) of the Competition Act, 2002 (the ‘Act’), were filed by India Glycols Ltd., Ester India Chemicals Ltd., Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd., AB Sugars Ltd., Wave Distilleries and Breweries Ltd. and Lords Distillery Ltd., against (i) three sugar mills’ associations namely Indian Sugar Mills Association (‘ISMA’), National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories (‘NFCSF’) and Ethanol Manufacturers Association (‘EMA’), (ii) three Public Sector Undertakings (‘PSUs’) Oil Marketing Companies (‘OMCs’) namely Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (‘IOCL’), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (‘BPCL’) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (‘HPCL’), and (iii) 14 sugar mills of the State of Uttar Pradesh. Post Central Government notification dated 02.01.2013 mandating all OMCs to sell Ethanol blended Petrol (‘EBP’) to achieve 5% Ethanol blending across
