Antitrust And Competition Newsletter | April 2025

The month of April 2025 marked a significant milestone in the enforcement landscape of Indian competition law, with the Competition Commission of India ("CCI") issuing its first-ever Order of Settlement. In a landmark development, the CCI accepted Google's settlement proposal in the ongoing Android TV case, subject to the payment of a settlement amount of INR 20.24 crores (approximately USD 2.37 million). Additionally, in a separate matter, the CCI imposed a penalty of INR 104.03 Lakh (approx. USD 0.123 million) upon UFO Moviez India and INR 165.8 Lakh (approx. USD 0.196 million) upon Qube Cinema Technologies Pvt. Ltd., for contravention of provisions of Section 3(4) of the Act, resulting in tie-in arrangement, exclusive supply agreement and refusal to deal. On the merger control front, the CCI granted approvals to a number of notable combinations such as acquisitions by 360 ONE Private Equity Fund, Multiples Plenty Private Equity GIFT Fund, Alat Technologies Company