Articles tagged with: Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat)

Vaish wins vs CAM, TMT in Compat: CCI’s IATA ruling was ‘serious illegality’

“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.

AZB, TTA win for GSK, Sanofi in Compat, overturn Rs 64 cr cartel penalty [READ ORDER]

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.

Verus, SAM on Coal India’s win in COMPAT, $265m CCI penalty set aside

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...

COMPAT finally at full strength again: Anita Kapur becomes 3rd member

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

Luthra wins stay of CAM's Holcim-Lafarge mega-merger before Compat

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 ...

CAM, Gopal Subramanium win Compat stay of record Rs 6,300 cr cement penalty because CCI chairman wasn’t present for hearings

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.

Compat fines Cyril Amarchand client historic Rs 5 lakh for dodgy affidavit (3 years after SAM-CLB affidavit debacle)

Cam Compat
Cam Compat
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) couldn’t save apparel exporter, the Tavoy Group, from the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) imposing Rs 5 lakh in costs against it.

COMPAT recruits 2nd member after a year with ex-‘liberalisation’ commerce secretary Rajeev Kher (but speed likely to remain glacial)

One more seat at the Compat table remains
One more seat at the Compat table remains
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.

Compat being resurrected: Justice Singhvi appointed as chairman

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat), which has been dead in the water without chairman and members as reported by Legally India in August , now has a new chairman in former Supreme Court judge Justice GS Singhvi, as first reported by Bar & Bench . Singhvi is now listed on the Compat web...

SC proactively backs CCI: DLF to stump up full Rs 630 cr anti-trust penalty pending appeal

A Supreme Court bench of justices Ranjana Prakash Desai and NV Ramana told real estate developer DLF that it should deposit with the court the entire penalty of Rs 630 crore that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) had imposed on it in 2011, pending the outcome of its appeal against the Compet...

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...

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.

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.

Compat affirms explosives cartel but reduces fine to Rs 5.8 cr

Explosives
Explosives
Compat today reduced Rs 60 crore fines but dismissed appeals in favour of Amarchand-advised Coal India.