Tweet 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…
DetailsTweet 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…
DetailsTweet COMPAT by its order dated April 29, 2016 has upheld the CCI order dated February 10, 2016 refusing to intervene in the matter of predatory recruitment of Air India’s trained pilot against InterGlobe Aviation Limited. (IndiGo) In its order, the CCI rejected Air India’s allegations against IndiGo for the violation of section 3(3) (b)…
DetailsTweet 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…
DetailsTweet COMPAT by its order dated April 18, 2016 has set-aside the order of CCI where AIMTC was penalized for allegedly exhorting truck transporters for increasing prices of transportation by 15% following an increase of diesel price by INR 5/Ltr on 13 April 2012. In the present case, an information was filed by Indian Foundation…
DetailsTweet COMPAT by its order dated April 18, 2016 set-aside the penalty imposed on three domestic airlines by the CCI for alleged cartelization and remanded the matter back to the CCI for passing appropriate order keeping in view the principles of natural justice. In the present case an information was filed by the Express Industry…
DetailsTweet COMPAT by its order dated April 12, 2016 has set-aside the penalty imposed on suppliers of Polyester Blended Duck Ankle Boot Rubber Sole (Jungle Boots) against allegations of bid-rigging. The suppliers have been engaged in the supply of jungle boots to the Armed Forces under the rate contracts awarded by the Director General (Supplies…
DetailsTweet 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…
DetailsTweet 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…
DetailsTweet Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) by its order dated March 09, 2016 has upheld the CCI order dated September 03, 2015 refusing to grant interim injunction against allegations of predatory pricing in an ongoing investigation against M/s ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Ola Cabs). In a case filed by Fast Track Call cabs , alleging predatory…
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