CCI dismisses Snapdeal's complaint against KAFF

The Competition Commission Tuesday dismissed a complaint by e-commerce firm Snapdeal against kitchen appliances maker KAFF with regard to alleged imposition of minimum resale price maintenance (RPM) on its dealers.

The fair trade regulator dismissed the complaint by Jasper lnfotech Pvt Ltd which owns and operates e-commerce platform Snapdeal as the it did not find any contravention of the Competition Act.

The complaint, filed by Jasper in 2014, alleged that KAFF was attempting to impose a price restriction to make sales at a minimum price and threatened to ban online sales if such prices were not maintained.

The commission had directed its investigation arm director general to investigate whether the minimum resale price imposed by the KAFF on its dealers contravened the Competition Act.

The DG defined the relevant market, comprising of relevant product market and relevant geographic market, to assess whether the restraints imposed by KAFF resulted into any appreciable adverse effect .