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12 August 2025

Competition & Antitrust: August 2025

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ENFORCEMENT TRENDS

  • Asian Paints Ltd. yet again under the CCI’s scanner of alleged abuse of dominance
  • The CCI finds cartelisation by Federation of Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Association in India
  • The CCI dismisses allegations against Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Limited and Central Bank of India
  • The CCI dismisses allegations of bid-rigging in auctions of coal mines by several electricity producers.

MERGER CONTROL

  • CCI imposes penalty on CA Plume Investments for incorrect green channel filing and sets aside the approval as void ab initiot
  • The CCI approves 100% acquisition of AAM India Manufacturing Corporation Private Limited by Bharat Forge Limited with voluntary modifications.
  • The CCI approves acquisition of up to 9.99% paid-up share capital of IDFC First Bank Limited by Currant Sea Investments B.V.
  • The CCI approves acquisition of 11.03% stake in Aakash Institute by Manipal Group
  • The CCI approves American Axle’s 100% acquisition of Dowlais Group plc

APPELLATE PROCEEDINGS

  • NCLAT denies interim stay on CCI’s order penalising Qube Cinema Technologies and UFO Movies.

ENFORCEMENT IN EUROPE

  • EC finds cartelisation by Delivery Hero and Glovo in online food delivery market

August, 2025/Issue-1 Competition and Antitrust | August 2025

 

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