So, the “wide parity” clauses in OTA have been banned in India too, finally! The Competition Commission of India (CCI/Commission), vide its order dated 19.10.2022 has , after a detailed investigation and inquiry , held MakeMyTrip India Pvt. Ltd (MMT) guilty of abusing its dominant position in the market for online intermediation services for booking…
To ensure freedom of trade by all market participants is one of the statutory mandates of the Competition Act, 2002 (the Act) in India and this includes the right of a manufacturer to choose, not only its distributors but also the mode of distribution of its products . This fundamental premise has been reiterated in…
At the outset let me apologize to my readers for the long gap as I am still travelling and currently in the beautiful and picturesque State of Oregon, in the Northwest United States of America. I will try to be more regular henceforth! Inspite of India having enacted a modern competition law in sync with…
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…
The Competition concerns in the automobile industry in India in general and in to vertical auto dealership arrangements between OEMs and their authorised dealers keep on emerging after India’s first landmark auto / car spare parts case filed by Shamsher Singh Kataria ( Shamsher Singh Kataria Case / auto/car Spare Parts Case) . The ratio…
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…
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 directs another probe into MMT and OYO on allegations by Treebo Hotels The Competition Commission of India (“CCI/Commission”), vide order dated 24.02.2020, has passed another order under Section 26(1) of the Competition Act, 2002 (“the Act”) directing investigation by the Director General (“DG”) after being prima facie convinced that (i) the vertical arrangement…
