The Competition Act, 2002
33. Power to grant
interim relief.-
1.
Where
during an inquiry before the Commission, it is proved to the satisfaction of
the Commission, by affidavit or otherwise, that an act in contravention of
sub-section (1) of section 3 or sub-section (1) of section 4 or section 6 has
been committed and continues to be committed or that such act is about to be
committed, the Commission may, by order, grant a temporary injunction
restraining any party from carrying on such act until the conclusion of such
inquiry or until further orders, without giving notice to the opposite party,
where it deems it necessary.
2.
Where
during the inquiry before the Commission it is proved to the satisfaction of
the Commission by affidavit or otherwise that import of any goods is likely to
contravene sub-section (1) of section 3 or sub-section (1) of section 4 or
section 6, it may, by order, grant a temporary injunction restraining any party
from importing such goods until the conclusion of such inquiry or until further
orders, without giving notice to the opposite party, where it deems it
necessary and a copy of such order granting temporary injunction shall be sent
to the concerned authorities.
3.
The
provisions of rules 2A to 5 (both inclusive) of Order XXXIX of the First
Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) shall, as far as may
be, apply to a temporary injunction issued by the Commission under this Act, as
they apply to temporary injunction issued by a civil court, and any reference
in any such rule to a suit shall be construed as a reference to any inquiry before
the Commission.