CCI imposes R397-cr fine on Shree Cements
CCI had not found Shree Cement guilty in its June 21 order in which it had imposed a financial penalty of about R6,200 crore on 11 cement companies and their trade association — Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA).
However, the current CCI inquiry was based on a case received on transfer from the office of the director general (investigation & registration) of the erstwhile Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission. The MRTP Commission had initiated the investigations on the basis of reports published in a business daily as well as on a letter of Builders' Association of India.
The CCI directed Shree Cement to “cease and desist” from indulging in any activity relating to agreement, understanding or arrangement on prices, production and supply of cement in the market.
The CCI also found 11 cement manufacturers, including Shree Cement and CMA, in contravention of the provisions of the Competition Act, 2002.
“As the cement companies (except Shree Cement) were already found to be in cartel and penalised, the commission decided not to order remedies, including imposition of penalty on such companies again for the same period of contravention," an official statement issued by the commission
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