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...
Competition Commission of India (General) Amendment Regulations, 2010 – Amendment in regulations 18,20,21 and 31 Notification No. L-3(2)/Regln- Gen. (Amdt.)/2009-10/CCI, dated 20-10-2010 issued by Competition Commission of India In exercise of the powers conferred by section 64 of the Competition Act, 2002 (12 of 2003), the Competition Commission of India hereby makes the following regulations […]
It’s not just numerology that links the recently released movies Dabangg, Anjaana Anjaani and Raavan. Thanks to the Competition Commission of India (CCI), the country’s fair trade practice watchdog, none of these movies would have reached theatres ac
Competition Commission of India (CCI) provides internship facility on competition law and policy to students pursuing Chartered Accountancy course. The objective of internship is to familiarize interested and willing students about the competition la
Merger procedures may soon become easier for India Inc. The Government is planning to come up with an ordinance to do away with the process of sanction by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for small-ticket mergers and acquisitions. The ordinance will also ensure that the CCI takes a decision on an M&A application within 180 days, significantly down from the current 210 days.
To give teeth to investor redressal mechanisms, the ministry of corporate affairs is planning to set up an entirely new affiliate office with statutory powers to look into such investor concerns. To be developed on the lines of other MCA subsidiary b
The competition watchdog CCI has proposed setting up of state-level commissions to safeguard interests of small businesses and spread its reach to different parts of the country. The proposal forms part of the recommendations submitted to the Corporate Affairs Ministry on the National Competition Policy (NCP) by the Competition Commission of India (CCI).
DLF, the country’s largest real estate developer, has approached the Competition Appellate Tribunal, questioning the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI’s) powers to initiate proceedings on an issue dating to 2006, much before CCI got its authority to act on such cases. It has also questioned the procedure followed by CCI, citing a CAT precedent.
Corporate affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said the Competition Act amendment bill, seeking to invest the competition watchdog CCI with powers to vet big-ticket takeovers, is likely to be tabled in the Monsoon session.
India Inc has reason to cheer with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs making it mandatory for the competition regulator, the Competition Commission of India, to clear M&A (mergers and acquisitions) proposals in just 180 days compared with 210 days specified earlier.
Big corporate houses in India may not have to live under fear of having to seek the competition watchdog’s approval for every small merger or acquisition in India or abroad. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is now planning to set a turnover limit of Rs 600 crore and asset-size limit of Rs 200 crore separately for both the acquiring and target company in an M&A deal. While this does help big corporates, it will bring all mid-sized M&A deals under the regulatory ambit.
