[Rajat Sethi is a Partner and Akanksha Agrahari an Associate at S&R Associates] The recent judgement of the Supreme Court in Independent Sugar Corporation Ltd. v. Girish Sriram Juneja has reignited the debate in respect of the timing for approval of the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) for resolution plans under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy...
Goldman Sachs Order: A CCI Precedent Reshaping the PE Investment Landscape
[Shriyansh Singhal is a 2nd Year B.B.A., LL.B (Hons.) Student at National Law University Odisha and Lavanya Chetwani is a 3rd Year B.B.A, LL.B (Hons.) Student at National Law University Odisha] In recent years, regulatory developments in the realm of competition law in India have increasingly focused on scrutinising of Private Equity (‘PE’) investments, particularly...
Advancing from Reactive to Proactive Post-Acquisition Control Surveillance with Global Insights
[Deergha Meena is a fourth year student at NALSAR University of Law] India’s framework for monitoring post-acquisition control remains largely reactive, leaving a critical gap in tracking the evolution of control after transactions close. Although the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI’s) Takeover Regulations and SEBI’s Listing and Disclosure Requirements...
Decoding CCI’s Integrationist Stance: Unpacking the WhatsApp Privacy Policy Saga
[Andaleeb Haider is a 2nd year B.A. LL.B (Hons.) student at National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of Law, Hyderabad] Recently, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) stayed the five-year ban imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on WhatsApp Inc. from sharing its users’ data with Meta Platforms for advertising purposes. The CCI had imposed...
Beyond the Judgement: Examining Mandatory Prior CCI Approval in Insolvency Through a Global Lens
[Purava Rathi and Disha Kothawade are 4th year B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) students at National Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU)] The recent Supreme Court ruling in Independent Sugar Corporation Ltd. v. Girish Sriram Juneja and Others (29 January 2025) has settled the legal position that approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) must be obtained prior to the approval from the Committee...
CCI (Determination of Monetary Penalty) Guidelines, 2024: A Long-Awaited Move
[Srishti Multani, Amritanshu Pushkar, and Aryan Birewar are 4th Year BBA LLB (Hons.) students at Symbiosis Law School, Pune] On March 6, 2024, the Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) notified the CCI (Determination of Monetary Penalty) Guidelines, 2024 (‘Guidelines’) to help the CCI determine the penalty to be imposed for infractions of the Competition Act, 2002 (‘Act’). They provided the...
Cartel Crackdown: India’s Leniency Program Odyssey
[Choudhury Paramjit Misra and Lavanya Bhargava are third year students at National Law University, Odisha] In India, competition regulations aim to protect consumers and ensure market freedom. They prevent monopolies, promote fair competition, and at the same time, safeguard consumer rights and contribute to economic welfare. This competition regime prevents anti-competitive agreements under...
Regulating Big Tech: India Joins the Club
[Vikas Kathuria is the Director of the ASCOLA-India Chapter and Professor at the School of Law, BML Munjal University, India. He is also an editor of the IndiaCorpLaw Blog] India is all set to join the growing number of countries that have crafted level-playing rules for Big Tech firms. The Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL), which was constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to...
Reining in Big-Tech Ex-Ante : The Indian Edition
[Manjushree RM (Senior Resident Fellow), Meha Chandra (Project Fellow), Anuradha Bhattacharya (Project Fellow), Vallari Dronamraju (Research Fellow) and Urvi Pathak (Research Fellow) are with Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, and were engaged by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in preparing the CDCL Report] On 12 March 2024, the Committee on Digital Competition Law (‘CDCL/ Committee’) presented its...
Navigating the Choppy Waters of Anti-trust Regulation in the Maritime Industry
[Aditya Trivedi is an Associate with the Competition Advisory Services (India) LLP, New Delhi and an LL.M. student in Competition Law & Economics at the Brussels School of Competition and Vanshika Arora is a 4th Year B.A.LL.B. student at the Army Institute of Law, Mohali] In the vast tapestry of India’s economic landscape, the maritime sector stands as a pivotal contributor, shaping the...
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