Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) by its order dated May 17, 2016 has set aside CCI’s order dated April 15, 2014 wherein CCI had imposed penalty of Rs. ,773 Crores on Coal India Limited for imposing unfair and discriminatory conditions in its fuel supply agreements with various customers. COMPAT considered whether the orders passed by CCI are…
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On 3 May 2016, the Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court (LSAC) largely upheld fines originally imposed by the Lithuanian competition authority on travel agency users of an online booking system. The authority had fined several agencies for concerted practices related to a common online travel reservation system. The operator of the reservation platform had sent the…
WEBINAR: IMPLICATIONS OF CCI INTERVENTIONS IN PHARMA SECTOR Day and Date: Friday, 13th May, 2016 Time: 04:00 P.M. to 6.00 P.M. (IST) CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR- The Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) has recently levied penalty of INR 74.63 Crores on a major pharmaceutical company for refusing to appoint a stockiest in Kerala unless a “No…
Competition Commission of India (CCI) by its order dated February 16, 2016 has penalized GE Energy Europe B.V., GE and GE Industrial France SAS (collectively, the “Acquirers”) for failure to notify a proposed combination in terms of Section 6(2)(b) of the Competition Act, 2002(Act) read with Regulation 5(8) of the Competition Commission of India(Procedure in…
COMPAT by its order dated April 12, 2016 has upheld order of CCI which had dismissed allegations of abuse of dominance by DIAL in charging licence fee from airlines using the space allotted to them at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. The Information was filed in CCI by Airline Operators Committee alleging abuse of…
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…
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…
