Corporate Law : The CCI held that dominance alone is insufficient to establish a violation under Section 4. The key takeaway is that actual or pot...
Corporate Law : This case examines whether borrowing costs should be capitalised using full-year borrowings or only those during the eligible peri...
Corporate Law : The Court’s 2025 ruling upheld CCI’s power to impose structural and personal penalties without a second notice, marking a majo...
Corporate Law : India is moving to regulate Big Tech's anti-competitive practices like predatory pricing, self-preferencing, and data misuse. A ne...
Corporate Law : This analysis reveals how exclusive airport retail concession agreements create monopolies, leading to unchecked high prices for p...
Corporate Law : The Competition Commission of India has proposed amendments to address administrative and procedural issues identified during impl...
Corporate Law : The proposed rules establish a comprehensive conduct framework for CCI employees, including integrity, conflict-of-interest contro...
Corporate Law : Parliament was informed that no antitrust or merger cases originated from Jammu and Kashmir during the year. The key takeaway is t...
Corporate Law : Enforcement activity rose with steady antitrust actions and quicker merger disposals, aided by reduced timelines and streamlined p...
Corporate Law : The competition watchdog has initiated further proceedings over widespread flight disruptions, signaling that the matter merits ex...
Corporate Law : CCI held no prima facie violation of Sections 3 or 4 as dominance, collusion, and anti-competitive agreements were not established...
Corporate Law : CCI held evidence did not prove mandatory NOC, PIS approvals or systematic boycott after compliance measures and closed the procee...
Corporate Law : The Commission examined allegations relating to one-sided agreements, rental suppression, and delayed payments in commercial real ...
Corporate Law : The Competition Commission found that truck associations collectively fixed freight charges beyond government-prescribed limits an...
Corporate Law : The dispute centred on whether the airport taxi operator had exclusive control over transportation services. The Commission relied...
Corporate Law : The CCI held that restricting warranty services in India to products bought from authorised distributors was unfair and discrimina...
Corporate Law : Summary of the Competition Commission of India (Determination of Cost of Production) Regulations, 2025. Details key changes, defin...
Corporate Law : The Competition Commission of India (CCI) notifies new regulations for recovering monetary penalties, detailing procedures for dem...
Corporate Law : CCI penalizes Meta ₹213.14 crore for abusing dominance through WhatsApp's 2021 Privacy Policy update. Cease-and-desist orders an...
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...
In Re: National Association of Container Freight Stations Vs Trailer Owners Association (CCI) Commission finds that, in the present matter, the thin line has been transgressed by Opposite Party-1 (OP-1) to OP-10. Fixing prices and restricting provision of services under the aegis of trade associations cannot be held as a legitimate activity under the Act. […]
Hiveloop Technology Pvt. Ltd. Vs Parle Products Private Limited (CCI) The Commission notes that, in respect of the assertion of the Informant of ‘must stock’ items, an attempt has been made to show that the stock of a particular type of biscuits of Parle is akin to ‘essential’. It is further claimed that it is […]
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 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)
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
