Overview
- Justice Raheel Kamran dismissed Honda Atlas’s petition and jurisdictional objections, citing the Competition Act’s Sections 36 and 37.
- The judgment directs the company to provide requested details on production, pricing, localisation ratios and dealer arrangements to facilitate the inquiry.
- The court noted that earlier legal maneuvers, including a 2023 stay order, stalled the process and that CCP information notices are preliminary rather than punitive.
- The inquiry focuses on alleged premium payments, delayed deliveries and post‑booking price hikes that could breach Chapter II of the 2010 law.
- The CCP was told to aim to finish the probe within six months, and the court clarified the commission may proceed to enforcement if existing evidence shows a contravention.