Delhi High Court, in its judgment, has held that Director General (DG) has power to proceed with the inquiry against parties in cases where they are not specifically named in information and there is no specific direction against them in order under S. 26(1) of the Act.

It has also clarified that the power of DG is not limited by a remand or restricted to the matters that fall within the information.

The judgment was pronounced by a Division Bench of Hon’ble J. S Ravindra Bhat and Hon’ble J. AK Chawla in Letters Patent Appeal by Cadila Healthcare against order of CCI directing DG to investigate the conduct of “such other parties who may have indulged in such contravention”.

For more: http://lobis.nic.in/ddir/dhc/SRB/judgement/13-09-2018/SRB12092018LPA1602018.pdf