The Supreme Court today(September 26) restored the September 8, 2015 order of the Competition Commission of India ("CCI"), which imposed penalties on the Kerala Film Exhibitors Federation (KFEF) and two of its office bearers (P.V. Basheer Ahmed and M.C. Bobby) for indulging in anti-competitive practices by denying the screening of Tamil and Malayalam films in the theatres of the informant (Crown Theatre).

The Court allowed the appeal filed by the CCI against the order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) which interfered with the penalty order on the ground that show-cause notice was not issued to the office-bearers.

Two complaints were filed before the CCI alleging anti-competitive activities by KFEF and its office-bearers. In the first, CCI found the allegations to

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