India: Cartels, Monopolies

This comprehensive monthly update examines significant competition law developments in India, including a landmark bid-rigging case involving HP India and its resellers, IndiGo's commitment application addressing operational disruptions, and the CCI's analysis of pricing practices in online food delivery platforms. The edition also covers major merger approvals in the power generation and automotive components sectors.

The Competition Commission of India issued multiple antitrust enforcement orders in June 2026, investigating exploitative practices in beauty pageants, penalizing truck associations for price-fixing in Odisha's mineral transport sector, and closing a long-standing pharmaceutical distribution case. The Commission also approved numerous mergers and acquisitions across infrastructure, energy, consumer goods, and technology sectors while addressing allegations of abuse of dominance in real estate, airport trans

On 13 July 2026, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) delivered two significant orders against HP India Sales Private Limited (HP India) and its network of resellers. The orders concerned the bid-rigging of tenders for the procurement of personal systems products (System Products Case) and supplies products (Supplies Case) .

In a climate where every unsuccessful bidder is quick to cry "cartel", the Gauhati High Court has reaffirmed the narrow corridor for judicial interference in public tender collusion.

The recent judgement of the Supreme Court of India in Re: Summoning Advocates who give legal opinion is not merely a legal ruling; it is a profound jurisprudential restatement of the very foundations of a robust justice delivery system.

The Competition Act, 2002 ("the Act") prohibits anti-competitive agreements, both horizontal and vertical, leading to an appreciable adverse effect on competition

The Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2023 (Amendment) was recently approved by both houses of Parliament in India and thereafter received the assent of the President to become the Competition...

In a much-awaited development, the President has given her assent to the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023, (henceforth, Amendments) that significantly recasts the Competition Act, 2002...

In a landmark judgment in the case of Coal India Limited v/s Competition Commission of India, the Supreme Court of India ruled that Coal India Limited and its subsidiary Western Coalfields Limited are subject to the provisions of ...