• people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Don’t know about others, but it seems you need to pay money to file antitrust complaints in India. From the link you mentioned:

    What are the fees to be paid? [Regulation 49 of the Competition Commission of India (General) Regulations, 2009]

    (1) Each information received under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 19 of the Act from any person shall be accompanied by proof of having paid the fee as under- (a) rupees 5,000 (five thousand) in case of individual or Hindu Undivided Family (HUF), or (b) rupees 10,000 (ten thousand) in case of Non-Government Organisation (NGO), or Consumer Association, or a Co-operative Society, or Trust, or © rupees 40,000 (forty thousand) in case of firm (including proprietorship, partnership or Limited Liability Partnership) or company (including one person company) having turnover in the preceding year upto rupees two crore, or (d) rupees 1,00,000 (one lac) in case of firm (including proprietorship, partnership or Limited Liability Partnership) or company (including one person company) having turnover in the preceding year exceeding rupees two crore and upto rupees 50 crore (e) rupees 5,00,000 (five lacs) in the cases not covered under clause (a) or (b) or © or (d).]

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      1 year ago

      Woah, those go from expensive to absurd.

      I could see charging like 1000 rupees to deter frivolous complaints, but up to $500,000 is absurd.

      Seems like the system is only meant for B2B complaints. B2B antitrust complaints where the offended party still has enough money to drop half a million USD on an antitrust complaint.

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        1 year ago

        Half a million rupees, not USD. It comes up to be over ~6000USD, which is still too high. That’s the price of a brand-new small car in India.