NCLAT sets aside CCI order on DLF, remanded back directing to examine

The appellate tribunal said CCI was “not authorised to pass an order for further investigation” if once its probe unit – the DG (Director General) has already “noticed the violation” in its first report and “the same cannot be justified”. Based on the second/supplementary DG report, CCI passed the order concluding that “the contravention of the provisions” of the Competition Act was not established against DLF and its wholly-owned subsidiary DLF Home Developers.