The Supreme Court on 19th December  dismissed an appeal filed by the CCI challenging the Delhi High Court’s August 2024 decision to set aside an inquiry against UK-based JCB Limited and its Indian subsidiary over an alleged abuse of a dominant position[Competition Commission of India v. JCB India Limited and Others].

The High Court had quashed the case after the informant (Bull Machine) withdrew its complaint from the CCI following a settlement with JCB. On August 24, the Delhi High Court quashed the CCI proceedings in question as well as an order passed by a trial court issuing search warrants against JCB. The High Court passed the order after noting that the informant Bull Machine - an Indian company manufacturing tractors and tractor attachments - had withdrawn its complaint from the CCI after settling the matter with JCB. 

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