ORDER :

Petitioners are knocking at the doors of Writ Court for assailing the order dated 09.08.2019 made by the Competition Commission of India (hereafter ‘Commission’) whereby in exercise of powers under Section 26(1) of the Competition Act, 2002 (hereafter ‘2002 Act’) an investigation as to whether their warranty policy has (i) potentially resulted in denial of market access to parallel importers & resellers of Boxed Micro-Processors for Desktop and Laptop PCs & (ii) the risk of higher pricing for the said articles in India. The relevant portion of said order at paragraph 43 reads as under:

“43. Based on the above analysis of the facts and materials presented by the Informant and Intel, the Commission is of the prima facie opinion that the new differentiated India specific warranty policy of Intel in regard to its Boxed Micro-Processor is in contravention of Section 4(2)(a)(i) of the Act. The same also prima facie results in limiting or restricting the market for Boxed Micro-Processors for Desktop and Laptop PCs in the territory of India in contravention of Section 4(2)(b)(i) of the Act as well as results in denial of market access to parallel importers in contravention of Section