Organisation: Competition Commission of India

India fleshes out new merger regime

New draft merger regulations clarifying how India’s competition authority will enforce recently introduced deal notification thresholds are expected to trigger a sharp increase in filings.

05 September 2023

CCI conditionally clears domestic airline merger

Tata Sons can proceed with the tie-up of its subsidiaries Air India and Tata SIA Airlines subject to complying with a suite of voluntary commitments offered to mitigate competition concerns.

04 September 2023

India consults on draft settlement and commitment regulations

Draft regulation in India proposes to allow businesses to end abuse of dominance investigations with settlements or remedies following the early stages of a probe.

24 August 2023

Amendments to the Competition Act nudge India towards the brink of transformation

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The Competition (Amendment) Act 2023 bestows more powers and tools on the CCI and director general than ever. While the appellate courts will be expected to keep these in check, it is imperative that businesses adjust to evolving boundaries.

18 July 2023

Indian competition enforcer lacks jurisdiction over IP disputes, local court rules

An Indian court has quashed separate abuse of dominance probes into Ericsson and Monsanto, ruling that the country’s competition watchdog does not have jurisdiction to intervene in patent-related disputes.

14 July 2023

Google calls on Indian Supreme Court to overturn Android decision

Google has urged India’s top court to throw out a judgment by the country’s specialist competition tribunal confirming that the technology giant abused its dominance over its Android operating system.

27 June 2023

CCI takes Google Android case to Supreme Court

The Competition Commission of India has appealed against the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal’s Google Android ruling, despite the judgment largely upholding the enforcer's infringement decision.

15 June 2023

Google moves ahead with billing policy despite CCI probe

Google has argued that it is complying with an order to open up payments on its application store in India and will push ahead with controversial changes despite a pending antitrust probe into the proposals and fierce opposition from developers.

19 May 2023

India names new antitrust boss

India has tapped Ravneet Kaur, a former federal and state government official, to chair the country’s antitrust authority.

16 May 2023

CCI probing Google’s compliance with third-party payment order

The Competition Commission of India has given Google four weeks to respond to claims that its new billing system fails to comply with a recent order for the company to open up payments on its application store.

15 May 2023

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