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CCI’s BookMyShow Order: Dominance Without Abuse?

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...

June 8, 2026 684 Views 0 comment Print

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 786 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 1557 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 903 Views 0 comment Print

Legal Vacuum Behind Airport Retail Monopolies in India

Corporate Law : This analysis reveals how exclusive airport retail concession agreements create monopolies, leading to unchecked high prices for p...

October 22, 2025 1200 Views 0 comment Print


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CCI Proposes Amendments to CCI (Commitment) Regulations, 2024

Corporate Law : The Competition Commission of India has proposed amendments to address administrative and procedural issues identified during impl...

June 1, 2026 417 Views 0 comment Print

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 306 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 654 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 900 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 933 Views 0 comment Print


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CCI Rejects Bid-Rigging Allegations Against Godrej, Says High Tender Win Rate Alone Cannot Prove Collusion

Corporate Law : CCI held no prima facie violation of Sections 3 or 4 as dominance, collusion, and anti-competitive agreements were not established...

July 3, 2026 231 Views 0 comment Print

CCI Closes Competition Case as Mandatory NOC, PIS & Boycott Practices Not Proven

Corporate Law : CCI held evidence did not prove mandatory NOC, PIS approvals or systematic boycott after compliance measures and closed the procee...

July 2, 2026 264 Views 0 comment Print

CCI Closes Case Against Real Estate Developer as No Dominance Found in Gurugram Commercial Real Estate Market

Corporate Law : The Commission examined allegations relating to one-sided agreements, rental suppression, and delayed payments in commercial real ...

June 16, 2026 210 Views 0 comment Print

Collective Freight Rate Fixation by Truck Unions Breached Competition Act: CCI

Corporate Law : The Competition Commission found that truck associations collectively fixed freight charges beyond government-prescribed limits an...

June 10, 2026 345 Views 0 comment Print

Airport Taxi Tender Winner Not Enjoys Exclusive Rights, CCI Closes Antitrust Case

Corporate Law : The dispute centred on whether the airport taxi operator had exclusive control over transportation services. The Commission relied...

June 9, 2026 228 Views 0 comment Print


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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 573 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 1584 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 1356 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 1590 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 816 Views 0 comment Print


Grasim & others guilty of bid rigging Delhi Jal Board tenders: CCI

October 5, 2017 4392 Views 0 comment Print

CCI issues order against Grasim Industries Limited, Aditya Birla Chemicals (India) Ltd. and Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd. for bid rigging Delhi Jal Board tenders for supply of Poly Aluminium Chloride; Imposes penalty of Rs. 2.30 crore, Rs. 2.09 crore and Rs. 1.88 crore upon GIL, ABCIL and GACL for the anti-competitive conduct. The Competition […]

CCI finds coal and sand transportation companies contravening Competition Law

September 14, 2017 1410 Views 0 comment Print

Competition Commission of India finds conduct and practice of coal and sand transportation companies to be in contravention of the Competition Law; The parties have been directed to cease and desist from indulging in anti-competitive conduct; A total penalty of Rs. 11,81,71,260 imposed on the ten parties; Penalty also imposed on the eight officials of […]

Banking companies exempted-from section 5 & 6 of Competition Act, 2002

August 30, 2017 1473 Views 0 comment Print

S.O. 2828(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of Section 54 of the Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), the Central Government in the public interest hereby exempts, all cases of reconstitution, transfer of the whole or any part thereof and amalgamation of nationalized banks, under the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970

Sec. 54 (a) Competition Act, 2002: Central Govt, exempts Regional Rural Banks

August 10, 2017 2382 Views 0 comment Print

S.O. 2561(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of section 54 of the Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), the Central Government, in public interest, hereby exempts the Regional Rural Banks in respect of which the Central Government has issued a notification under sub-section (1) of section 23A of the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976 (21 of 1976), from the application of provisions of sections 5 and 6 of the Competition Act, 2002 for a period of five years from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette.

Summary of MCA Notifications issued during June 2017

July 18, 2017 5160 Views 0 comment Print

Three notifications under section 462 of the Companies Act, 2013[CA-13] have been issued after laying of such notifications in draft form before both houses of These notifications provide exemptions from the provisions of the CA-13 to respective companies (viz. Private companies, Government companies and charitable companies) as per recommendations of Companies Law Committee and other suggestions of stakeholders.

Exemption to every person or enterprise who is a party to a combination from giving notice for 5 Years

June 29, 2017 4320 Views 0 comment Print

Ministry of Corporate Affairs issues a notification exempting every person or enterprise who is a party to a combination from giving notice within 30 days for a period of 5 years from the date of publication of the notification;

Vessel sharing agreements on liner shipping outside CCI purview for 1 Year

June 16, 2017 1014 Views 0 comment Print

Central Government, in public interest, hereby exempts the Vessels Sharing Agreements of Liner Shipping Industry from the provisions of section 3 of the said Act, for a period of one year with effect from the 20th June, 2017

No predatory pricing by WhatsApp by not charging any subscription fee

June 15, 2017 1854 Views 0 comment Print

The Informant is stated to be a Chartered Accountant and has filed the present information on behalf of Fight for Transparency Society. As per the information, OP is a provider of consumer communication services via a mobile app called ‘WhatsApp’ which is a proprietary, cross-platform,, encrypted instant messaging services for smartphones. It uses internet as a medium to send text messages, documents, images, videos, user location and audio messages to other users of WhatsApp using standard cellular mobile numbers.

CCI imposes penalty for anti-competitive conduct on Hyundai Motor

June 15, 2017 3007 Views 0 comment Print

CCI issues order against Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) for anti-competitive conduct, imposes penalty of Rs. 87 crore for the anti-competitive conduct.

CCI order against CIL and subsidiaries for abusing dominant position

March 24, 2017 1617 Views 0 comment Print

Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries to be in contravention of the provisions of Section 4(2)(a)(i) of the Competition Act, 2002 for imposing unfair/ discriminatory conditions in Fuel Supply Agreements (FSAs) with the power producers for supply of non-coking coal.

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