Tag: CCI
Watchdog Starts Probe Of Cement Companies In India
ACC and Ambuja Cements announced that fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has initiated an investigation against them and other cement companies...
Indian Regulator Looks To Unlock Competition In Pharma Sector
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has launched a study to identify and address anti-competitive practices in the pharmaceutical sector as the country grapples...
Arbitration Over Competition – The Strange Case of Amazon, Reliance, and...
By Subhomoy Bhattacharjee1
Strangely while the battle between Reliance Industries (“RIL”) and Amazon India (“Amazon”) for market share in the business-to-business segment of the Indian...
CCI Goes To Supreme Court Against High Court’s Amazon, Flipkart Ruling
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has appealed in the Supreme Court against the Karnataka High Court’s interim stay on an investigation that the...
Open Market Purchases – India Plans to Dilute Standstill Obligation
By Anisha Chand & Anmol Awasthi (Khaitan & Co)1
Introduction
Consider that a company (say, A) is proposing to acquire 49 percent equity shares of another...
The Progressive Weakening of India’s Competition Law
By Vinod Dhall (Platinum Partners)*
When the Indian Competition Act was enacted in January 2003, few people really understood what it was all about. In...
Flipkart Reaches Out To Supreme Court Against CCI Probe
As e-commerce giants Flipkart and Amazon continue to face regulatory heat over their business models, the former has moved the Supreme Court against an...
What next for Monsanto? Exploring a Competition Theory for IP and...
By Swarnim Shrivastava (Global Antitrust Institute)1
Monsanto’s battle over licensing its technology to India’s seed manufacturers resurfaced recently when the Delhi High Court held that...
COVID Advisories from the Competition Commission of India
By Dr. Geeta Gouri ((Former) Commissioner, Competition Commission of India)1
Unusual times require unusual measures. The lockdown of the entire country by the Government of...
India OKs Facebook’s $5.7B Deal With Reliance Jio Platforms
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved Facebook’s deal to buy a 9.99% stake in Jio Platforms, the digital and telecom unit of...