Region: India

The Bar Council of India’s momentous decision allowing foreign firms to enter the market will have a limited impact on antitrust practices as existing restrictions stopping overseas lawyers from appearing before the Competition Commission of India will still apply, practitioners say.

16 March 2023

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As the pandemic ebbs, the Competition Commission of India is back to aggressively tackling anticompetitive activity, sharpening its focus on enforcement and merger control. At the same time, the potential approval of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 promises even further reform.

10 March 2023

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The Competition Commission of India continues to regulate combinations that cause or are likely to cause an appreciable adverse effect on competition, with potential reform thanks to the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 looming.

10 March 2023

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The Competition Commission of India is prioritising a reduction in cartel conduct – especially among larger companies – through upticks in enforcement, advocacy and the use of its investigative arm.

10 March 2023

A court in Mumbai has ordered the Competition Commission of India to determine whether it has jurisdiction to proceed with a cartel probe into three major banks and an industry association.

22 February 2023

India’s top court has allowed Heineken’s local subsidiary to challenge its €85 million penalty for participating in an alleged beer cartel, holding that companies can still lodge appeals even if they file for leniency.

17 February 2023

A pair of influential trade groups have urged the Competition Commission of India to investigate Samsung over alleged exclusive offers on its own platform that are impossible for smaller retailers to match.

08 February 2023

The Indian government has tapped the head of the country's competition authority and four prominent antitrust lawyers to join a committee examining the need for new regulation governing digital markets.

07 February 2023

A complainant in the Competition Commission of India’s probe into Google’s Play Store billing practices has accused the technology company of failing to adhere to a suite of remedies the agency imposed in two separate infringement decisions.

06 February 2023

India’s government is considering allowing the national competition authority to issue merger clearances despite a lack of quorum on its decision-making board, which has forced the agency to suspend all deal approvals since October.

31 January 2023