The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved proposed acquisition of 100 per cent shareholding and sole control of Ingram Micro Inc by Imola Acquisition Corporation. The proposed combination relates to acquisition of Ingram together with its parent companies GCL Investment Management Inc a...

“The Competition Commission of India has approved the acquisition of Reliance Industries Holding’s subsidiary Pipeline Infrastructure by India Infrastructure Trust, according to a communication. The Trust is proposed to be registered as an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT),” reported Moneycont...

Ranjit Walia & Co-briefed senior counsel J F Pochkhanawalla celebrates victory against “galaxy of senior advocates and law firms” in CCI Rs 54 crore fuel surcharge price fixing order against airlines…

Trilegal has represented Ola Cabs owners ANI Technologies before the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against a complaint alleging abuse of a dominant position in Bangalore made by Meru cabs and Fast Track Call Cabs.

“The Competition Commission has dismissed allegations of unfair business practices against the producers of Vidya Balan-starrer Kahaani 2 movie, which was released last year. K Sera Sera Digital Cinema had moved the regulator after the film’s producers — Pen India and Boundscript Motion Pictures — refused to provide the movie to it for exhibition. Among others, it was alleged that the movie was given only to UFO Moviez India and Real Image Media Technologies,” reported PTI.

Car maker Hyundai was fined Rs 87 crore by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for anti-competitive discounting of its cars in a complaint made by two informants and Hyundai dealers - Fx Enterprise Solutions and St Antony’s Cars.

“The Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) on Thursday set aside an order of fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) in a case of alleged abuse of dominant position and anti-competitive practices by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and its Indian arm. Dismissing the CCI findings, Compat ordered a fresh probe in the matter,” reported Mint.

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) has set aside Rs 64 crores of fines ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against Sanofi Pasteur India and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical, which the CCI had found cartellised the market for meningococcal vaccines, which are procured by the Government of India for vaccinating Hajj pilgrims.

Vinod Dhall in collaboration with Talwar Thakore & Associates (TT&A) advised French drugmaker Sanofi on getting Competition Commission of India (CCI) approval for its $25bn asset swap deal with Germany-based Boehringer Ingelheim which was advised by Platinum Partners.

Verus advised the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in Coal India’s Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) appeal against the CCI’s order penalising Coal India Rs 1,773 crore. Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas was advising Coal India. Verus partner Rishad Ahmed Chowdhury briefed senior counsel Pallav...

Former Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chief Anita Kapur was today appointed as member of Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT), reported the PTI.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas won approval for multiplex chain PVR, from the Competition Commission of India (CCI), to acquire DT Cinemas, nine months after PVR had filed for the CCI’s approval. It usually takes 60-90 days for the CCI’s nod to come through on mergers a...

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) has stayed the roughly Rs 10,000 crore merger of cement giants Holcim and Lafarge, which in February had received Competition Commission of India (CCI) clearance with assistance from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advising. Luthra & Luthra had applied for ...

Khaitan & Co advised Reliance Communications on gaining Competition Commission of India (CCI) approval for its acquisition of Russian conglomerate Sistema’s Indian telecom unit Sistema Shyam Teleservices which was advised by J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Baker & McKenzie. Khaitan Mumbai par...

Late Monday night, LafargeHolcim said the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has cleared the deck for one part of its India plans, which involves selling Lafarge’s cement business in the country. Mint reported that the deal to sell its entire cement portfolio could be valued at Rs 10,000 crore an...

“Devender Kumar Sikri, a former Gujarat cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was on Thursday appointed as chairman of fair-trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI),” reported the PTI and others. The former secretary in the ministry of women and child development, registrar...

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Gopal Subramanium represented Lafarge arguing on behalf of 10 other cement companies before the Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) and succeeding in getting the Rs 6,300 crore ($1.15bn) Competition Commission of India (CCI) penalty overturned.

Around 100 bureaucrats, economists and the six members of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) have applied to become CCI chairman, reported The Indian Express , as incumbent chairman Ashok Chawla is due to retire on 7 January 2016. The Express reported that “urban development secretary Madhusu...

Former commerce secretary and legal sector liberalisation architect Rajeev Kher assumed office as member at the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) yesterday, according to its website, filling one of the two empty member posts which were last occupied at the tribunal in May 2014 and August 2014.

App-based taxi operator Ola’s parent company ANI Technologies has won a favourable majority decision from the Competition Commission of India (CCI), which declined to pass any interim order around the allegation that the company was involved in illegal predatory pricing.