Competition Law

How CCI screwed Google: Everything you need to know about DG’s report and what it means [via Mint]

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On Monday the Economic Times reported that the director general (DG) of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has submitted a damning report of Google, finding a prima facie case that Google has abused its dominant position.

CCI DG says Google abused dominant position: Win for SAM, work cut out for AZB, ELP [UPDATE-1]

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has won a favourable landmark report from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) director general for its client Bharat Matrinmony and an NGO against internet giant Google, which was represented by AZB & Partners and Economic Laws Practice (ELP).

Surana & Surana loses CCI complaint vs Dell for selling computers too cheaply, then too dearly

Chennai-based law firm Surana & Surana has lost in its Competition Commission of India (CCI) complaint against computer maker Dell India, which the law firm alleged had entered “the Indian market of computers and computer hardwares via predatory pricing and it offered its products at ridiculously low prices compared to what was offered by its competitors in India”.

CCI finds DLF guilty again of ‘unfair and abusive’ business but no repeat fine

The PTI reported: In a fresh order against DLF, Competition Commission has found the realty giant guilty of indulging in “unfair and abusive” business practices in sale of apartments in a Gurgaon housing project. CCI has asked DLF Gurgaon Home Developers Private Limited and its group companies to “c...

Ola faces CCI probe for predatory loss-leader pricing of cab fares

Ola Cabs is facing a complaint in the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for spending more money on discounts and incentives on customers and drivers compared to the revenue it is earning, reported the Business Standard . The CCI directed its director general to conduct an investigation on Ola ow...

Saikrishna assembles with AZB, TTA-Dhall to secure Avengers Age of Ultron release over digital projection CCI complaint

Age of Ultron
Age of Ultron
Saikrishna & Associates won the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) approval for the Walt Disney movie Avengers: Age of Ultron, securing its release in theatres today after the CCI failed to find anti-competitive behavior by the Hollywood producers.

CCI fines 14 top car makers Rs 2,554 cr, but where will battery of lawyers inevitably appeal to?

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined 14 car manufacturers Rs 2,554 crore for having “imposed absolute restrictive covenants” with authorised dealers and local original equipment suppliers (OES), and “completely foreclosed the aftermarket for supply of spare parts and other diagnostic ...

Breaking: Compat now defunct without chairman and members

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) is now without a chairman and members after its chairman and ex-Supreme Court Justice VS Sirpurkar and member Rahul Sarin retired yesterday, several weeks after its only other member Pravin Tripathi had retired. Tripathi, whose tenure was due to end on 31 ...

P&A wins again for MCX v Amarchand over NSE’s Rs 50 cr dominance abuse in Compat

P&A Associates has won yet again in the Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) for its clients MCX against Amarchand representing the National Stock Exchange (NSE), after NSE appealed the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) 2011 order against it . The Compat agreed with the CCI that the NS...

CCI takes pity on Thomas Cook, Sterling Holiday Resorts; penalises with Rs 1 crore

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) fined British travel major Thomas Cook and Sterling Holiday Resorts a “nominal” Rs 1 crore, for failing to notify the CCI before Thomas Cook acquired shares in Sterling. The CCI stated in its 21 May order , which was published on the CCI’s website today: “In...

CCI fines Trilegal client Tesco Rs 3 crore for delay in filing notice

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) fined Trilegal’s client – Anglo-global supermarket retail behemoth Tesco – Rs 3 crore for delay in filing notice seeking the CCI’s approval for its joint venture (JV) with Trent, reported the PTI . The CCI had approved Tesco’s $140m JV with Tata subsidiaries...

Gaggar, Balbir Singh, others win vs Ravinder Narain, Salve: Upholding Compat Rs 630 cr DLF penalty

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) upheld for the owners’ associations of luxury housing projects over the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) Rs 630 crore penalty on real estate giant DLF.

CCI gets more gutsy post Google: Fines DLF Rs 2.41 cr for not following earlier order

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined real estate developer DLF Rs 2.41 crore under section 42 of the Competition Act for violating an earlier order of the CCI under section 27, ordering DLF to stop imposing unfair conditions in its agreements with flat buyers in its Magnolia developme...

Breaking order: CCI takes pity on 'procrastinating' Google and only smacks it once for Rs 1 crore

The Competition Commission of India order fining Google Rs 1 crore for not cooperating with its anti-trust investigation has just been published by the CCI.

CCI fines Google Rs 1 crore for not listening

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined Google Rs 1 crore for not complying with “instructions” to furnish documents in the investigation against it, a CCI spokesperson told Mint . Google is facing a complaint by Matrimony.com and the Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) for allege...

Compat rejects ex-AI director plea to kill Jet-Etihad merger with LEXport, DSK, Salve & others

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) has rejected an appeal by Jitendra Bhargava, a former executive director Air India, who complained that the Competition Commission had cleared the merger between the two airlines without a detailed assessment.

CCI orders DG probe into Coal India's prima facie abuse of dominant position in soda ash sales

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered the director general to investigate Coal India and Western Coalfields Limited for prima facie having imposed unfair terms and conditions when selling coal to soda ash maker GHCL Limited, which complained to the CCI. The CCI’s director general sho...

Amarchand loses to Dhall: CCI slaps Hiranandani Hospital with Rs 3.81 cr (4% of turnover) fine for stem cell anti-competitive ag't

Monopoly
Monopoly
The CCI has fined Mumbai’s Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital with a Rs 3.81 crore fine for entering into an anti-competitive agreement with a stem cell bank.

Compat stays record $1.15bn fine on cement makers, orders 10% deposit in lawyer-heavy battle

Seth Dua advised the Builders Association of India (BAI) in the Competition Appellate Tribunal against 11 cement companies.

Amarchand gets Compat to stay $9.6m CCI penalty on BCCI

Cricket
Cricket
Next hearing on 19 July in interim stay of fine over BCCI conduct.