LAWS(MAD)-2014-6-438

NISSAN MOTORS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED (NMIPL) THROUGH ITS MANAGER (LEGAL), T. NAGAR, CHENNAI 600017. Vs. COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA (CCI) NEW DELHI 110001 AND ORS.

Decided On June 30, 2014
NISSAN MOTORS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Appellant
V/S
COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA; DIRECTOR GENERAL; SHAMSHUR KATARAI; HYUNDAI MOTOR INDIA LIMITED; ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR GENERAL Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Since all these Writ Petitions involve one and the same issue, they are being disposed of in common.

(2.) Before going into the common question that arises for consideration in the above cases, the facts and circumstances leading to the filing of the Writ Petitions shall be discussed separately.

(3.) W.P.No.26488 of 2013 is filed by one NISSAN Motors India Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as "Nissan Motors"). It is a fully owned subsidiary company of Nissan International Holdings, Netherlands, incorporated in the year 2005 in India; and it was only in 2010, it commenced commercial production of engines and vehicles from Oragadam Plant, Tamilnadu. It sold the first Indian manufactured car on July 23, 2010. It is a new entrant in the Indian car market.