CCI PENALIZES BATTERY MANUFACTURERS’ ADMITTED CARTEL -DECIDES ITS SECOND LENIENCY CASE Competition Commission of India (CCI) by an order dated 19 April 2018, in its second decision on a leniency application, has awarded a 100 (One Hundred) per cent reduction in penalty to the leniency applicant, Panasonic Energy India Co. Ltd (“Panasonic”) in…
DELHI HIGH COURT REFUSES TO INTERFERE WITH CCI PRIMA FACIE ORDER POST INVESTIGATION Delhi High Court vide a recent judgement dated 09.03.2018 in a writ petition filed by Cadila Health Care has refused to interfere in a pending inquiry after the submission of the Director General’s (DG) investigation report .The High Court has provided clarity on…
CCI imposes penalty on domestic Airlines for price-fixing in air cargo operations The Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) vide order dated 07.03.2018 has imposed penalty on three domestic airlines, namely, Jet Airways (India) Ltd (‘Jet Airways’), InterGlobe Aviation Limited (‘IndiGo Airlines’) and SpiceJet Limited (‘SpiceJet’) (collectively ‘OPs’) amounting to INR 39.81 Crore, INR 9.45 Crore…
CCI imposes penalty of Rs. 1 Crore plus on Ghaziabad Development Authority for arbitrary increasing cost of EWS residential flats as abuse of its dominant position in Ghaziabad. The Competition Commission of India (CCI), acting on an information filed by an individual Satyendra Singh, vide its order dated 28.2.2018 has found Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA/ Opposite Party-OP)…
GOOGLE INDIA CCI imposes penalty of Rs. 136 Crores on Google for abuse of dominant position- The Indian anti-trust regulator, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI/ Commission”) seems to have let Google off with just a…
CCI imposes highest penalty in terms of profit on a hard core cartel for coal liaisoning services for supply of coal to seven thermal power stations of Maharashtra State Power Generation Co. Ltd. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) vide its order dated January 10, 2018 has exposed a cartel of three top coal…
CCI directs investigation against Star TV (India) for abuse of dominance in distribution of channel content to MSO in the State of Kerala The Competition Commission of India (CCI) vide order dated 29.12.2017 has initiated an investigation against Star India Pvt. Ltd (“Star India/ Opposite Party”) for alleged abuse of dominant position by charging…
CCI has reiterated importance of evidence to prove bid-rigging : mere identical pricing , including those by related companies held not sufficient. The Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) vide its order dated 28.11.2017 has exonerated nine RDSO approved suppliers (“Opposite Parties”) , including four sister companies, of allegations of bid-rigging in supply of roof mounted ac package unit for AC coaches…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was penalized with penalty in excess of INR 520 Million for abuse of its dominance in while conducting Indian Premier League (IPL) tournaments and also for grant of exclusive media rights for broadcast of the IPL matches to a particular TV channel ( SONY TV) for a…
India- Central Govt. further dilutes competitive neutrality- exempts Oil and Gas PSUs from merger control by CCI In continuation of its slew of exemptions , the Government of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) , vide its recent Gazette notification dated 22.11.2017 has exempted all Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) in the Oil & Gas…
