Tag: Competition Law
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The SC Amazon Verdict: Chalking Out the Four Corners of the Competition Act
[Kokila Kumar is a competition lawyer associated with ADP Law Offices and also practices independently with various chambers. Previously, she worked with the CCI as a researcher] “Being too far ahead of your time is indistinguishable from being wrong.” — Howard Marks- The Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor Howard Marks’ observation resonates beyond…
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Interpreting ‘Users’ Under India’s Deal Value Threshold
[Swechha Gupta and Animisha Dwivedi are fifth-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) students at the National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal] The Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023 introduced a Deal Value Threshold (“DVT”) into India’s merger control regime. Under the framework, combinations with a transaction value exceeding ₹2,000 crore must now be notified to the Competition Commission of India, provided that the target…
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One Policy to Rule Them All: CCI’s (Mis)application of Discriminatory Conditions in the Intel Case
[Trushil Vyas is a 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.] The Competition Commission of India (CCI), in an order dated 12 February 2026, imposed a penalty of INR 27.38 crore on Intel for violating multiple subsections of section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002. The case concerned Intel’s “India…
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DVT and the MSME Protection Gap: Rethinking India’s Merger Control Framework
[Harsh Jain is a 3rd year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law Institute University, Bhopal] The introduction of the Deal Value Threshold (DVT) through the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023, marked a watershed moment in India’s merger control regime. Presently, section 5(d) of the Act mandates scrutiny by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for transactions exceeding…
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Unlocking the Green Channel: The Case Against CCI’s Strictness
[Siddharth Sharma and Aarushi Mittal are 4th year law students at National Law University Odisha, Cuttack] More than six years ago, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) introduced the Green Channel route (“GCR”) for approval of combinations under the CCI (Procedure in regard to the transaction of business relating to combinations) Regulations, 2011 to enable automatic approval for combinations that did not involve any…
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The Debt Shift: How the RBI is Quietly Reshaping India’s M&A and Competition Landscape
[Himanshu K. Mishra is a fourth year student at the National Law Institute University, Bhopal] On October 1, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) issued its Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies. Quietly buried in items 5 and 6 is a measure that, understated in tone, has a significant potential to fundamentally rewire India’s mergers and…
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Level Playing Field or Market Lock-Out? CCI’s Probe into Google’s RMG Commitments
[Anmol Jain is a 4th year BCom LLB (Hons.) student at Institute of Law, Nirma University and Swayam Mundhra a 4th year student at Gujarat National Law University] In December 2022, WinZO Games Pvt. Ltd., a leading Indian Real Money Gaming (RMG) platform, filed a complaint with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) alleging that Google…
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India’s Gun-Jumping Framework: When Does a Combination “Come Into Effect”?
[Rashi Kumari is a 4th year law student at the National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi and Ananyashree Jaiswal a 4th year law student at the Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar] Gun jumping, i.e., a premature implementation of a combination before receiving regulatory approval, has emerged as a significant global antitrust concern. In India, section 6(2A) of the…
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“Prior” CCI Approval of Resolution Plans: A Case for Legislative Amendment
[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 Code, 2016 (“IBC”). The factual matrix of this…
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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 minority stakes. The Competition Commission…