The antitrust regulator said in a press release Monday that the fine on
It found that the Maruti Suzuki had "Discount Control Policy" in place whereby its dealers were discouraged from offering discounts or freebies to the customers beyond those prescribed by the company.
If a dealer wanted to offer additional discounts, prior approval of the company was mandatory.
Any dealer found violating the policy was threatened with the imposition of penalties upon the dealership and its employees, accompanied in some cases by the threat of stopping supplies, the watchdog said.
It said the company sent people posing as customers to dealerships to check whether they were offering additional discounts.
The regulator deemed this conduct to have "resulted in appreciable adverse effect on competition within
==Kyodo
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