Amid rising instances of entities seeking legal recourse against CCI orders, the regulatory body’s chief Ashok Chawla says there is a concerted attempt to stonewall its actions through writ petitions in high courts.
Even though such cases get settled at the end of the day, a lot of time, energy and resources of the regulator are wasted in fighting them, Chawla said.
In recent times, there have been rising instances of entities concerned moving high courts, especially questioning the jurisdiction of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
Chawla, who is superannuating next month after being the CCI Chairman since October 2011, said the regulator has been facing an external issue for the past year-and-a-half.
“There has been in my view, concerted attempt to try to stonewall the operation of the Commission by going with writ petitions to various high courts,” he told the news agency in an interview.