JUDGMENT

[W.A.No.1551 of 2025]

SUSHRUT ARVIND DHARMADHIKARI

1. The present intra court appeal, under Section 5 of the Kerala High Court Act, 1958 assails the judgment dated 28.05.2025 passed in WP(c) No.29767 of 2022 whereby the writ petition filed by the appellant has been dismissed.

2. The appellant herein is the original writ petitioner (for short, ‘OWP’). Through the judgment under challenge, the Single Bench has affirmed the order passed underSec. 26(1) of The Competition Act, 2002 (for short, ‘Comp. Act’), whereby The Competition Commission of India (for short, ‘CCI’) has videParas 20 and21 directed the Director General (for short, ‘DG’) to cause an investigation to be made into the information/ complaints filed by Asianet Digital Network Private Limited ( for short, ‘ADNPL’) againstJiostar India Private Limited, formerly known asStar India Private Limited ( for short, ‘SIPL’), Disney Broadcasting (India) Private Limited ( for short, ‘Disney’) andAsianet Star Communications Private Limited ( for short, ‘Asianet Star’)

under Sec. 19(1)(a) of Comp. Act, 2002.

ADNPL alleged contravention of the various sub-provisions of Sec.

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4 of the Comp. Act by the opposite parties, the appellan