1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 On May 10, 2024, the Competition Commission of India
("CCI") notified the CCI (General)
Amendment Regulations, 20241 ("Amended
Regulation"). These regulations amend the provisions
of the CCI (General) Regulations, 20092 ("General
Regulations") in relation to the treatment of
confidential information during CCI proceedings. The Amended
Regulation traces its basis back to earlier this year when the CCI,
on February 26, 2024, had invited comments from the public on the
draft amendments to Regulations 35, 37, and 50 of the General
Regulations3. Earlier in 2022, the CCI had amended4 the General
Regulations to introduce the concept of "confidentiality
ring" which allowed the parties to access the confidential
information/documents of other parties during an investigation. The
Amended Regulation seeks to further finetune the CCI's
"confidentiality ring" regime. The key features of the
Amended Regulation are set out in detail below:
