India’s leading car brand, Maruti Suzuki, was found guilty of unfairly controlling freedom of its dealers to give discounts on cars sold thereby controlling the resale price of its cars. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) vide its order dated 23.8.2021 imposed a penalty of INR 200 Crore on Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL)…
It will be music for some firms in India! The Indian fair market watchdog, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has lately started showing a much nuanced and mature understanding of practical realities and difficulties of doing business in India in the context of imposition of penalties on cartels and bid rigging cases in India…
So, has Google got it wrong this time? Recently, the Delhi High Court has rapped the internet Giant for “threatening” to sue the Fair Market Regulator, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) itself for the “leak” of the confidential investigation report of its investigative arm, the director general, in the media leading to headline stories…
Will India prove to be the nemesis for the Digital Cab Aggregator Giant Uber? Readers may recall this question , which I raised when reporting in my earlier blog published on 25 November 2019 on Taxi cab aggregator, Uber , lost is first round of litigation in Supreme Court second appeal against NCLAT order directing…
*** This blog has been co-authored by me with Aniket Panchal and Diya Vaishnav, two young students of 2nd Year B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) & B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) respectively, at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. In April 2021, Apple has rolled out a new software update iOS 14.5 through which it seeks to implement a global…
Google’s agreements with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) of smart TV/mobile manufacturers have invited yet another Antitrust investigation by the Indian Fair Market watchdog, the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The CCI vide its order dated 22 June 2021, has directed an investigation upon finding a prima facie case of abuse of dominance against Google for…
The attempt by three leading international volleyball players to teach their sport regulator, the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI), a lesson for its grant of long-term exclusive marketing rights for 10 years to a selected private consulting agency for arranging sponsorship etc for the international volleyball league tournaments in India have failed finally. The fair…
So, is it the beginning of the end of the Amazon (and Flipkart’s) combined market dominance or, at least, their allegedly vertical anti-competitive arrangements in the online sales of Smart mobile phones in India?? Considering the recent media news Karnataka High Court dismisses petitions by Amazon, Flipkart against CCI probe on competition law violationsat least…
The ongoing “battle” between the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Air Cargo Agents Association of India (ACAAI) over the implementation of the Cargo Accounts Settlement System (CASS) in India does not seem to be getting over! The “battle on CASS” as I would prefer calling it, between IATA and ACAAI, going on since…
In a recent order dated 20.04.2021, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) has dismissed allegations of bid rigging against Genus Breeding India Private Limited (“Genus Breeding”) in the tender process for establishing a facility for producing and supplying sexed semen of indigenous, crossbred cattle and buffalo breeds in Uttar Pradesh. The Information was filed by…
