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Stranded Passengers and Sky-High Fares: CCI Steps In Against IndiGo

Corporate Law : This case examines whether borrowing costs should be capitalised using full-year borrowings or only those during the eligible peri...

February 6, 2026 723 Views 1 comment Print

Abuse of Dominance: A Case-Based Analysis

Corporate Law : The Court’s 2025 ruling upheld CCI’s power to impose structural and personal penalties without a second notice, marking a majo...

November 12, 2025 1395 Views 0 comment Print

Investigating Anti Competitive practices in digital markets

Corporate Law : India is moving to regulate Big Tech's anti-competitive practices like predatory pricing, self-preferencing, and data misuse. A ne...

October 31, 2025 822 Views 0 comment Print

Merger Control in Indian Competition Law: A Comparative & Strategic Analysis

Corporate Law : An analysis of India’s merger control under CCI rules, deal value threshold, key cases, and comparisons with US, EU, and UK fram...

July 18, 2025 1479 Views 0 comment Print

Merger Control in India: CCI, Companies Act & Competition Act

Corporate Law : Explore India’s merger control laws under Competition Act and Companies Act, CCI’s role, key cases and emerging reforms for a ...

July 12, 2025 2412 Views 1 comment Print


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CCI Invites Public Comments on Conduct Rules to Safeguard Confidential Competition Data

Corporate Law : The proposed rules establish a comprehensive conduct framework for CCI employees, including integrity, conflict-of-interest contro...

March 18, 2026 246 Views 0 comment Print

Competition Law Reforms Rolled Out With Global Turnover Penalties, Says Government

Corporate Law : Parliament was informed that no antitrust or merger cases originated from Jammu and Kashmir during the year. The key takeaway is t...

February 10, 2026 552 Views 0 comment Print

CCI registered 54 Antitrust Cases, 149 M&A Filings in 2025

Corporate Law : Enforcement activity rose with steady antitrust actions and quicker merger disposals, aided by reduced timelines and streamlined p...

February 10, 2026 519 Views 0 comment Print

CCI Orders Probe into IndiGo Flight Disruptions Under Competition Act

Corporate Law : The competition watchdog has initiated further proceedings over widespread flight disruptions, signaling that the matter merits ex...

December 23, 2025 813 Views 0 comment Print

Amendments To Competition Act, 2002 for India’s Digital Markets

Corporate Law : The 2023 Competition Amendment Act strengthens CCI powers, introduces thresholds for high-value deals, and expands anti-competitiv...

December 3, 2025 1128 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Delhi Liquor Policy Case: CCI Orders Probe Into Alleged Anti-Competitive Retail & Wholesale Agreements

Corporate Law : CCI directed investigation into allegations that certain liquor manufacturers and distributors entered into restrictive agreements...

May 11, 2026 429 Views 0 comment Print

RFP Restriction in Banking Software Tender to Authorized Vendors is Justified: CCI

Corporate Law : Allegations of an implied anti-competitive agreement between a regulator and a software provider were rejected. The Commission fou...

April 21, 2026 384 Views 0 comment Print

Adani Case Closed as No Evidence of Anti-Competitive Conduct in Solar Tender Design

Corporate Law : The Commission found no proof that tender conditions excluded competitors or favoured select players. It held that procurement ter...

April 17, 2026 363 Views 0 comment Print

No Abuse of Dominance Found as Price Variations Linked to Market Factors: CCI

Corporate Law : The case examined allegations of inflated and discriminatory pricing in supply of a critical railway component. The Commission hel...

April 9, 2026 288 Views 0 comment Print

CCI Finds Bid Rigging in Police Tenders via Common IP & Sequential DDs

Corporate Law : The Commission held that bidders colluded by quoting identical and patterned prices across multiple tenders. It found that such co...

April 9, 2026 498 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CCI Penalises Tech Major for Discriminatory India-Only Warranty Policy on Desktop CPUs

Corporate Law : The CCI held that restricting warranty services in India to products bought from authorised distributors was unfair and discrimina...

February 12, 2026 516 Views 0 comment Print

CCI (Determination of Cost of Production) Regulations, 2025

Corporate Law : Summary of the Competition Commission of India (Determination of Cost of Production) Regulations, 2025. Details key changes, defin...

May 6, 2025 1431 Views 0 comment Print

CCI Issues Regulations on Recovery of Monetary Penalties

Corporate Law : The Competition Commission of India (CCI) notifies new regulations for recovering monetary penalties, detailing procedures for dem...

February 25, 2025 1233 Views 0 comment Print

CCI Imposes ₹213.14 Crore Penalty on WhatsApp Meta for Privacy Violations

Corporate Law : CCI penalizes Meta ₹213.14 crore for abusing dominance through WhatsApp's 2021 Privacy Policy update. Cease-and-desist orders an...

November 18, 2024 1473 Views 0 comment Print

Govt notifies clause (f) of section 19 of Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023

Corporate Law : Clause (f) of Section 19 of the Competition Amendment Act 2023 comes into effect on 19th September 2024, as per the Ministry of Co...

September 19, 2024 759 Views 0 comment Print


Competition Act: No violation due to Collection of Voluntary PIS charges by CCDA from pharma companies

July 9, 2022 756 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the collection of PIS charges by Chhattisgarh Chemist and Druggist Association (CCDA) from pharmaceutical companies was made mandatory/compulsory by CCDA in contravention of provisions of Section 3 of Competition Act?

CCI Approves Acquisition of Citrix Systems, Inc.

July 5, 2022 1128 Views 0 comment Print

CCI has  approved the acquisition of Citrix Systems, Inc. (Citrix) by funds managed by Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC (Vista) and funds and investment vehicles managed by Elliott Investment Management L.P. (Elliott)

Filing of criminal case cannot be examined from competition law perspective

July 2, 2022 621 Views 0 comment Print

With regard to the filing of the criminal case against the Informant, the Commission notes that the same cannot be examined from the competition law perspective in the fact and circumstances of this case, as such litigation is not with any object of affecting competition but appears to be in the nature of proceedings toward recovery.

No contravention of Competition Act, 2002 by Eastern Coalfields: CCI

July 2, 2022 570 Views 0 comment Print

Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited Vs Eastern Coalfields Limited (Competition Commission of India) The dispute in the present Information centres around the sampling procedure. The Informant alleges that the sampling policy of CIL, whereunder the referee samples are to be kept in the premises of ECL/similar subsidiaries of CIL, has made the sampling […]

CCI rejects charge of abuse of position against Shriram City Union Finance

June 29, 2022 1146 Views 0 comment Print

The OP is stated to be a Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) registered under the Companies Act, 1956 as well as with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and has been engaged in the business of lending money to the public and collecting deposits. The Informant is stated to be a consumer under Section 2(f) (ii) of the Act.

Penalty u/s 44 and 45 of Competition Act levied as ‘real ambit and purpose’ was intentionally not made known

June 24, 2022 2043 Views 0 comment Print

The Appellant/Amazon because of the violations committed by it, had intentionally not made known the `real ambit and purpose’ of the `Combination’. Penalty under Section 44 and 45 of the Act, 2002 levied.

CCI finds no contravention by Punjab State Warehousing Corporation

June 19, 2022 888 Views 0 comment Print

In re Private Entrepreneurs Godowns Association Vs Punjab State Warehousing Corporation (CCI) As far as the allegations of there being an anti-competitive agreement in violation of competition law amongst OP-1 and OP-2 are concerned, the Commission observes that the Informant, besides making bald allegations, has placed on record no material, which may even prima facie […]

No violation of competition act by non-disclosure of technical know-how of machine

June 19, 2022 615 Views 0 comment Print

In re House of Diagnostics LLP Vs Neurologica Corporation (CCI) It has been alleged by the Informant that OP-4 is the exclusive aftersales service provider of OP-1 in India with respect to the machine in question. On the other hand, OP-4 has replied that though it is the authorised service provider of aftersales services with […]

CCI finds no prima facie case of contravention against Britannia Industries

June 19, 2022 2220 Views 0 comment Print

In re Hiveloop Technology Pvt. Ltd. Vs Britannia Industries Ltd. (CCI) The Commission finds that, with respect to the allegation of discrimination between the Informant and other distributors of Britannia, neither the Informant nor its group entity can be said to be similarly placed as other, more than three thousand, distributors of Britannia. In the […]

CCI order investigation against BookMyShow

June 19, 2022 3297 Views 0 comment Print

In re Vijay Gopal Vs Big Tree Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (CCI) The exclusive and restrictive agreements of BookMyShow with single screen cinemas and multiplexes, in conjunction, prima facie appear to have the potential of denying market access to competing platforms and potential entrants. The cinema theatres as well as the cinegoers alike are restricted in […]

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