WhatsApp has deferred enforcement of its new Privacy Policy in India till May 2021 in the face of opposition from the Indian Government , which is planning to bring in anew Personal Data Protection law …..
CCI dismisses allegations on WhatsApp and Facebook for abuse of dominance in digital payments market By way of order dated 18.08.2020, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed allegations of abuse of dominance by WhatsApp Inc (“WhatsApp”) and Facebook Inc (“Facebook”) in the market for internet-based messaging application through smartphones to manipulate another market…
CCI again refrains from imposing penalty in a bid rigging cartel for supply of composite brake blocks to Indian Railways due to COVID 19 By way of order dated 10 July 2020, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI/Commission”) found 10 suppliers of different types of Composite Brake Blocks (CBBs) to Indian Railways having…
WEBINAR ON “VERTICAL RESTRAINTS IN ONLINE SALES- COMPETITION ISSUES” -19TH JUNE 2020 While continuing to fight the Covid-19 Pandemic and working from home, like most other lawyers in India, knowledge dissemination has proved to be a silver lining. I decided to conduct a series of webinars on antitrust issues of larger importance. I…
WEBINAR ON EXCLUSIVE CLAUSES IN COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS: COMPETITION CONCERNS – 5TH JUNE 2020 While continuing to fight the Covid-19 Pandemic and working from home, like most other lawyers in India, knowledge dissemination has proved to be a silver lining. I decided to conduct a series of webinars on antitrust issues of larger importance. I…
Uber and Ola win antitrust case in India (?) – No Hub and Spoke cartel with drivers -NCLAT dismisses appeal on grounds of lack of locus standi By way of judgment dated 29.05.2020, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”) has exonerated cab aggregators Ola and Uber from allegations of…
CCI exonerates food aggregator Swiggy from allegations of imposing unfair prices on customers -sans market definition By way of order dated 19.06.20, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI/Commission”) has dismissed allegations of imposing unfair prices on customers and thereby abusing its dominant position by Bundl Technologies Pvt. Ltd (“Swiggy”). Background & Allegations Information before…
CCI finds cartel in the domestic industrial and automotive bearings market but no penalty By way of order dated 05.06.2020, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI/Commission”) has found FAG Bearings India Ltd. (now, Schaeffler India Ltd.). (“Schaeffler), National Engineering Industries Ltd. (“NEI”), SKF India Ltd. (“SKF‟) and Tata Steel…
CCI fails to notice competition concerns in exclusivity granted to only two travel agents for travel bookings by government employees for the second time By way of order dated 08.05.2020, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI/Commission”) has dismissed the allegations of exclusivity created by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance (“MOF”) in favour…
CCI invites public comments on proposed amendment to the Combination Regulations omitting requirement of furnishing non-compete information By way of a recent public notice issued by the Competition Commission of India (“Commission/CCI”) on its website, the CCI has invited comments from the public on the proposed amendment to The Competition Commission of India (Procedure in…
