Competition Commission of India (CCI) hopes to give more leniency to those volunteering information about cartels [ Business Standard ] COMPAT grants United Phosphorus stay against CCI cartel fine of Rs 252 crore [ Hindu Business Line ] Bangalore: IP lawyer Priyale Prasad joins 2009-established, fou...

Luthra & Luthra managing associate Ravisekhar Nair has replenished the ranks of Economic Laws Practice (ELP) competition team as an associate partner, after partner Samir Gandhi left ELP last month.

Exclusive: Economic Laws Practice (ELP) competition and trade law partner Samir Gandhi is joining AZB & Partners in Delhi as the first partner at the firm to focus on competition law full-time.

Boutique competition firm Dhall Law chambers won the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) approval for Reliance Industries (RIL) in its purchase of stake in media entities Network 18 and TV 18 Broadcast, which were advised by AZB & Partners and Khaitan & Co on the transactional aspects ...

Amarchand Mangaldas’ Delhi office won for Coal India (CIL) yesterday in its Competition Commission of India (CCI) complaint against 10 explosives manufacturers fined and held to have engaged in anti-competitive practices.

CCI adds 40-times expense, confusion, stringency to, and subtracts shortest form filing from, last year’s new merger control guidelines; no stakeholder consultation [ Money Control , Corporate Law Blog ] Chidambaram, SC refuse to see ‘acquisition’ in speculative spectrum trading through offloading o...

Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi office has scooped the mandate to merge Vedanta’s Sterlite Industries unit with Sesa Goa to decrease the mining conglomerate’s debt.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has reduced the stayed Rs 1 crore fine against Kingfisher airlines to Rs 72.5 lakh, after finding that the airline had not provided sufficient information to the Commission.

Exclusive: Mahagenco (Maharashtra State Power Generation Co) has filed before the Competition Commission of India (CCI) claiming that subsidiaries of state-run Coal India (CIL) is abusing its dominant position by supplying it with low-grade coal at inflated prices.

Ex-finance secretary Ashok Chawla becomes new Competition Commission of India (CCI) chairman [ HT ] Justice Katju, newly robed as Press Council chairman, slams irresponsible media reporting of non-issues [ Hindu ] via @ aarthi_rajan Allahabad HC orders Mayawati to give back Noida land to three villa...

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has cleared its fourth merger, with the Japanese Aica Kogyo Company takeover of the laminates division of the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation.

Exclusive: Singhania & Partners LLP’s appeal against the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) majority decision clearing Microsoft of anti-competitive behaviour has been accepted by the appellate tribunal today, which is serving notice to the respondents.

Five law firms in committee chaired by Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) ex-chairman Dahanendra Kumar, consult on new “national competition policy”: Amarchand’s Pallavi Shroff, P&A’s Pathak, JSA’s Amitabh Kumar, Luthra’s GR Bhatia, Khaitan & Co’s Manas Chadhuri [ PIB ] NUJS Kolkata, ...

Indian high court pending cases increase by 250,000 despite 1.6m cases disposed of in 2010 year. As at year-end 2010 there were 4.24 million cases pending in all high courts compared to 3.96 million in March 2009 [ PIB ] Competition Commission clears Wockhardt baby care division sale to Danone – too...

In the seemingly never ending story of Indian legal market liberalisation a new player has entered the field.

Exclusive: As former director general of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the architect of the now established merger control department, Kaushal Kumar Sharma who left the regulator last month tells Legally India about wannabe competition lawyers, firmness, Bollywood, the CCI’s historical and future challenges and his plans as a free agent.

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) transfers 10 members “in public interest”, 2 not in public interest. Wishes members “good luck in their new postings” [ ITATOnline ] Compat stays NSE’s Rs 55.5 crore penalty for abuse of dominant position vs MCX but NSE on hook for more if loses [ Express ] Execu...

Competition Commission of India (CCI) orders DLF cease and desist in second project, Gurgaon this time, to rework customer contracts [ ET / Main Order / Supplementary order ] Following Legally India’s July report, Singhania has now filed its COMPAT appeal after losing in its Microsoft competition la...

Anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare has eaten again. It was the climax of the single biggest news story of the year that pushed other headlines off the frontpages for weeks. Although ostensibly a legal question the average lawyer tried to go about his or her business.

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Exclusive: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has cleared the $454m takeover of UTV by Disney today after 25 calendar days, with J Sagar Associates (JSA), AZB & Partners and Dhall Law Chambers advising.