Contents: 1. COMPAT penalizes automobile manufacturers for anti-competitive practices 2. COMPAT penalizes public sector insurance companies for bid rigging **COMPAT penalizes automobile manufacturers for anti-competitive practices Facts of the case In August 2014, the Competition Commission of India...
Competition Law
* The recently published FAQs by the CCI clarify that any joint venture involving a transfer of assets will have to be notified to the CCI under the Combination Regulations. Background The Competition Commission of India ( CCI ) regulates combinations i.e. acquisitions, mergers and amalgamations tha...
The long standing battle between Swedish telecom giant Ericsson and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) took an interesting turn on 30 th March when the honorable Delhi High Court, ruling in favour of the CCI upheld the Commission’s right to probe allegations of the abuse of dominance against ...
The key takeaway or impact of these changes is that increased thresholds means decreased compliance requirements for transactions involving companies that fall below the financial threshold requirements. This is a good sign for India, Inc. and foreign investors and translates to a more manageable wo...
The Government of India, through the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“ MCA ”), by way of a notification, has revised the merger control thresholds under the Competition Act, 2002 (“ Act ”) on March 04, 2016, valid for a period of 5 (five) years, ending on March 04, 2021(“ Notification ”). Please find...
The purpose Competition law is to ensure that competitors compete with one another for business and not cooperate with one another to distort the process of competition. Collusive tendering is a form of cartelization - firms agree amongst themselves over their response to invitations to tender. This...
(Published in International Journal for Research in Law- Volume 1, Issue 2) INTRODUCTION The Indian competition watchdog, Competition Commission of India (CCI) came to the conclusion that its intervention is called for in the port sector as***…several factors like insufficient hinterland connectivit...
CCI holds that Uber does not hold a dominant position in Kolkata and dismisses claim filed by Meru Cabs. CCI holds Kolkata’s market to be a peculiar market and hence relevant product market would include services offered by radio taxis as well as yellow taxis. CCI holds that the relevant geographic ...
The Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) vide its order dated 11 th December 2015 has set aside the Rs 6,316.59 crore penalty imposed on 11 cement companies by Competition Commission of India (CCI) for partaking in cartelization. COMPAT has remanded the matter back to CCI for fresh adjudication a...
Laying down Competition Law Jurisprudence The Chairman of the CCI has stated recently that the architecture of CCI is different from that of legal architecture in judicial system per se. The Economic Times in its report on 27 th December 2015, quoted him saying that: “The legal architecture in a jud...
Introduction The Competition Commission of India (‘ CCI ’), has recently issued the Competition Commission of India (Competition Assessment of Legislations and Bills) Guidelines, 2015 (‘ Guidelines ’) [1] . The Guidelines will come into effect on 1 January 2016. This article intends to provide a bri...
The Competition Commission of India ( “CCI” ) has revised the Competition Commission of India (Procedure in regard to the transaction of business relating to combinations) Regulations, 2011 ( Combination Regulations ), making them more forward looking, in keeping with some of the best practices in o...