Gujarat HC sends Oyo, Treebo and FabHotels back to CCI

In a dispute concerning an alleged nexus between online travel booking portals MakeMyTrip and GoIbibo with Oravel Stays Pvt Ltd (otherwise known as Oyo Rooms) that was allegedly skewing competition for other budget hotel franchises, a division bench of the Gujarat High Court on Monday directed Competition Commission of India (CCI) to afford Oyo Rooms an opportunity of hearing.

The Gujarat HC bench headed by Chief Justice Vikram Nath was hearing two appeals filed by two competing hotel chains — FabHotels, registered under the company name ‘Casa2 Stays Pvt. Ltd.’ and Treebo, registered as Rubtub Solutions Pvt. Ltd — and also set aside a CCI order of March this year that had ruled favourably for FabHotels and Treebo.