Distortions in digital market needs to be corrected promptly: CCICCI is in the process of setting up a Digital Markets and Data Unit (DMDU) as a centre of expertise for digital markets to engage with stak...
17 Sep, 2022, 10.00 PM IST
Settlement, commitment framework will help ensure faster market corrections: CCI chief Ashok Kumar GuptaOn August 5, the government introduced the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the Lok Sabha to amend various provisions of the competiti...
04 Sep, 2022, 04.21 PM IST
Leniency provisions 'fantastic' in acting against cartels: CCI chiefThe CCI chief said that initially, when the competition law was being implemented, entities left "smoking gun evidence" and many did not kn...
13 May, 2018, 07.01 PM IST
CCI slaps Rs 215 cr fine on Eveready, Indo NationalEveready, Indo National and AIDCM were fined for cartelisation in pricing of zinc-carbon dry cell batteries.
19 Apr, 2018, 10.18 PM IST
CCI reviews leniency rules for companies that blow the whistle on cartelsThe Competition Act of 2002 gives the CCI powers to impose ‘lesser penalty’ if a member of a cartel makes a full disclosure about alleged v...
20 Mar, 2017, 12.52 PM IST
High level panel suggests uniform tax treatment for CSR worksA high level committee has recommended leniency for companies not complying with Corporate Social Responsibility provisions of Companies Ac...
23 Nov, 2015, 12.55 PM IST
Government framing new laws to deal with Maggi-like cases: Ramvilas PaswanHe cited the case of Maggi noodles, which contained high level of lead, saying stringent legal provision would be applied.
03 Jun, 2015, 10.31 AM IST
Crime against women must be dealt with strictly: CourtAdditional Sessions Judge said convict does not deserve a lenient view as any leniency in such cases would send a "very wrong message".
21 May, 2014, 04.16 PM IST
Sunday ET: How can CCI tell what’s a cartelcartelisationCompetition Commission of India's order against the cement cartel is just the first step and a long battle lies ahead. But proving cartelis...
08 Jul, 2012, 11.11 AM IST
- Ongoing CCI investigation details to go public soon; hopes to encourage whistleblowers
The CCI of India is likely to start posting on its website details of cases as early as next month, a senior official, who did not wish to ...
04 Jul, 2012, 04.21 AM IST
- Held guilty in 1996 telecom scam, Sukhram seeks leniency
Sukhram, convicted for taking Rs 3 lakhs as bribe to give a lucrative contract to a private firm in 1996, pleaded for leniency in a Delhi c...
19 Nov, 2011, 05.03 PM IST
- CCI offers leniency for breaking ranks to unearth steel cartel
The Competition Commission of India today offered leniency in penalty to a steel-maker who breaks the rank of alleged cartelisation in the ...
30 Apr, 2008, 08.03 PM IST
- Fairplay panel’s whistleblowing race may have no losers
The competition regulator is set to be lenient with all members of an alleged cartel in a bid to encourage confession.
15 Jun, 2007, 02.57 AM IST
- Blowing the whistle on cartels
Referring to the PM’s word of caution on cartels, Vinod Dhall says leniency provision is an effective instrument to bust them.
29 May, 2007, 03.29 AM IST
- Govts turn up the heat on business cartels
Cartels are so unambiguously harmful that competition law and competition authorities, almost everywhere, reserve their strictest treatment...
13 Apr, 2007, 02.45 AM IST
- DCA comes up with amnesty provision for whistle-blower
The department of company affairs (DCA) is approaching the Cabinet for permission to introduce a leniency provision in the Competition Bill...
30 Sep, 2002, 01.29 AM IST
- Amnesty provision likely in comptetition bill
THE PROPOSED competition law is likely to have an amnesty clause. Arun Jaitley, minister for law, justice and company affairs, has written ...
04 Dec, 2001, 12.25 AM IST