Case Nos. 21, 29, 36, 47, 48 and 49 of 2013
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
