CCI by its order dated March 16, 2016 has ordered detailed investigation against the Athletic federation of India (AFI) for restricting organisation of marathons without permission for AFI. The case has been referred to CCI by the Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India. It was alleged that AFI has…
Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) by its order dated March 09, 2016 has upheld the CCI order dated September 03, 2015 refusing to grant interim injunction against allegations of predatory pricing in an ongoing investigation against M/s ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Ola Cabs). In a case filed by Fast Track Call cabs , alleging predatory pricing…
Comment- This CCI order raises an important issue which places the manner of enforcement of intellectual property rights in India vis-à-vis the competition law under question. The CCI order gives a prima facie impression as if the CCI is entering into the domain of fixation of royalties for sub-licensing of Bt. cotton seed patents, but…
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India has made important revisions to the merger control regime in India. The following three Notifications were published in the Gazette of India on March 4, 2016. THRESHOLDS FOR NOTIFICATION REVISED– Through the first Notification, the Central Government has increased thresholds, both assets and turnover, for any transaction…
COMPAT by its order dated March 01, 2016 has directed CCI to re-consider penalties imposed on the 47 LPG manufactures for big-rigging in procurement of 14.2 KG LPG cylinders in IOCL. As a background to the case, the CCI by its order dated February 24, 2012 had imposed penalty of 7% of the preceding three…
Comment- In this case, the outcome of which was being watched with interest by the media, though the CCI has held TAM to be a dominant enterprise, which makes it vulnerable to future challenges, but has not found any abuse of the dominant position in the absence of any…
