Antitrust And Competition Newsletter | January 2026

In January 2026, India witnessed several significant developments in competition law enforcement and merger control. On the enforcement side, the Supreme Court declined to interfere with the Competition Commission of India's ("CCI") investigation into alleged abuse of dominance in the Kerala cable television market, reinforcing the Commission's authority to probe dominance related concerns. The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ("NCLAT") issued multiple key rulings, including setting aside and remanding the CCI's order in the Ennore Coal Terminal matter, upholding closures in cases involving the Nagpur Mumbai Expressway project and NSE's co-location facility etc. The CCI also imposed a gun-jumping penalty on Allcargo Logistics Limited, and closed information relating to digital markets, film re-releases involving artificial intelligence, and tender conditions in the healthcare sector.