On 4 March 2011, the Indian Government brought into force the provisions of the Competition Act 2002 (the 'Act') relating to the regulation of mergers.

Recently, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has issued a notification dated 16 March 2022 extending the validity period of exemption granted to certain combinations (like mergers and acquisitions) from compliance rigor of the Competition Act, 2002 (such as giving notice of combination and seeking pre-approval of Commission on proposed combination).

To avoid punitive action under the Competition Act, 2002 ("Competition Act"), Indian organizations need to build a strong culture of compliance.

In a case connected to the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) cartel investigation in the conveyor belt market, an appellate bench of the Delhi High Court (Court) (LPA 607/2016; Judgment dated 24 May 2018) ...

We are pleased to share the latest edition of our quarterly competition law newsletter, the ‘Sentinel', capturing key developments from the ever-evolving world of competition law.

An individual (requesting to keep his identity hidden) had filed the present case before the Commission alleging that Ola Electric Limited...

In the modern world, changes take place every moment and business houses face difficulties of various sorts.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently came out with a notification (New Notification) that will increase its regulatory oversight on the non-banking financial company (NBFC) sector.

On June 3, 2019, CCI approved the proposed joint acquisition of up to 100% of the total issued and paid up share capital of each of Uttam Galva Metallics Limited (‘UGML') and Uttam Value Steel Limited

Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) is an American multinational semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company, which designs and markets wireless telecommunication products and services.

The Jio- Facebook deal comes as a major blow to other players in the market because of the huge amount of data possessed by these two companies.

Real estate giant Jaiprakash Associates Limited and its associate, Jaypee Infratech Limited (collectively "Jaypee Group") narrowly escaped a ₹ 6,659,400,000 penalty.

The European Commission has reinforced its preliminary conclusion that Google has abused its dominant position by systematically favouring its comparison shopping service in its search result pages.

Government has exempted the ‘group' exercising less than fifty per cent of voting rights in other enterprise from the provisions of section 5 of the said act for a period of five years.

In February 2024, the CCI (Lesser Penalty) Regulations, 2009 ("Erstwhile Regulations") have been replaced by the CCI (Lesser Penalty) Regulations, 2024 ("LP Regulations").

The DTI Regulations have notified the mechanism for determining (i) turnoveror income of an enterprise under Section 27 of the Act...

Our Competition Law Newsletter gives summarised updates on the key legal and regulatory developments in the domain of Competition Law occurring between October 2024 to December 2024.

On June 3, 2019, CCI approved the acquisition of up to 75% shareholding of Essel Propack Limited (EPL) by Epsilon Bidco Pte. Limited (Epsilon) an affiliate of funds (collectively, referred to as ‘Parties')

The tort of passing off is a common law remedy. It is a facet of Unfair Competition. As the term denotes it is a false representation about the source or quality of goods, service or business.

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry on 1st March, 2016 released a "DISCUSSION PAPER ON STANDARD ESSENTIAL PATENTS AND THEIR AVAILABILITY ON FRAND TERMS".