Regulation 43 - Production of additional evidence before Commission - CCI (General) Regulations, 2024

43. Production of additional evidence before Commission. (1) The parties to the proceedings shall not be entitled to produce before the Commission additional evidence, either oral or documentary, which was in their possession or knowledge but was not produced before the Director General during investigation under section 26 or sub-section (1A) of section 29 of the Act , but if the Commission requires any document to be produced or any witness to be examined or any affidavit to be filed to enable it to pass orders or for any other substantial cause, or if the Director General has not given sufficient opportunity to the party to adduce evidence, the Commission, for reasons to be recorded, may allow such document to be produced or witness to be examined or affidavit to be filed or may allow such evidence to be adduced. (2) Such document may be produced or such witness examined or such evidence adduced either before the Commission or before such authority as the Commission may direct. (3) If the document is directed to be produced or witness examined or evidence adduced before any authority, he or she shall comply with the direction of the Commission and after compliance send the document, the record of the deposition of the witness or the record of the evidence adduced, to the Commission. (4) Additional evidence/ document shall be made available by the Commission to the parties to the proceedings other than the party adducing the evidence and they may be afforded an opportunity to rebut the contents of the said additional evidence.