Delhi HC rejects Monsanto's plea against CCI probe in its Bt cotton biz

Monsanto had appealed against a single-judge order allowing the probe

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld the Single Bench order of the court allowing the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to probe Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India) Limited and Monsanto's country directors for alleged abuse of the company's dominant position in India in the Bt cotton business. Mahyco Monsanto Biotech is an equal joint venture between Mahyco and Monsanto Holdings. 
 

The two-judge Bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameshwar Rao said that the directors at the firm would be held liable for the affairs of the company in case CCI came to the