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The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court while quashing the preventive detention of a 22-year-old man awarded him compensation of ₹2 lakh. The High Court held that the petitioner’s preventive detention was illegal as the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 had been amended to the effect that “security of the State” ceased to be a ground for preventive detention.
The Karnataka High Court has asked the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to re-examine its directive of sharing confidential data of Swiggy with National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI). An information was filed by NRAI before the CCI against Swiggy and Zomato, which had led to investigation in the matter. The unredacted version of the DG’s report contained sensitive business information about Swiggy & Zomato and the access of it was provided to NRAI.
The Ministry of electronics and IT on Tuesday held a meeting with various stakeholders and industrial lobby groups to discuss the concerns and issues related to the impact of the proposed Draft Digital Competition Bill.
Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google must face trial on U.S. antitrust enforcers’ claim that the internet search juggernaut illegally dominates the online advertising technology market, a federal judge ruled on Friday.
The State of Rajasthan has informed the Supreme Court that it is in the process of making an anti-conversion law. In an affidavit filed in response to a PIL seeking to prevent fraudulent and forceful religious conversions, the State submitted that it does not have any specific legislation dealing with religious conversions and submitted that it “is in the process of bringing its own legislation and till such time it will strictly abide by the law on the subject and guidelines issued by the Supreme Court.”
U.S. E-commerce big tech Amazon is facing Class Action lawsuit for allegedly monopolising audio book market. The Big tech has been accused of monopolising as well as overcharging the authors who do not exclusively use its platform for distributing their work.
The Madras High Court held that marital status of a woman, who is the sole guardian of her biological child, is an irrelevant factor while considering her for giving up her child in Adoption and she must be considered capable of giving up her child for adoption under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act.
The merger between Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited’s Viacom18 and Walt Disney’s Star India might face delays despite receiving approval from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) last month. The delay is because the Competition Commission of India (CCI) wants to study the merger closely to see how it will affect market competition. Both companies have submitted a form called Form 2, which is used to notify the CCI about big mergers that could impact competition.
Meta and Apple, under scrutiny by the European commission for non-compliance to meet the EU’s Digital Market Act, may face the charges before the summer break. This would mark a significant step by the EU’s Competition regulators to regulate the digital market while curbing the power of major tech giants.
The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, comprising Shri K. R. Saji Kumar (Judicial Member) and Shri Sanjiv Dutt (Technical Member), while adjudicating an application under Section 9 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC, 2016”) has held that Section 9 Application is not maintainable in the absence of strict proof of debt and default
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Having got one of the global automobiles giants imposed with a fine of Rs. 87 crores amongst other instances, our grip on this sector is complete. KK Sharma Law Offices ('Firm') has dealt with the procurement of services of Car Carrier Trucks by market leader in automobile sector in India and brought the anti-competitive practices to the fore.
The very first investigation in the country into competition law violations was made which resulted in a cascading effect of company after company giving up the claims of loan foreclosure charges in home and car loans across the country, amongst others, were under taken.
When the allegations of cartel were brought before the enforcement machinery against the flexible conveyor belt manufacturers they were clear in their mind that only KKSLO can deal it successfully and, accordingly, they availed our services.
The very first successful instance of cartelisation dealt by the competition agency in the case of Ficci Multiplex Association was very successfully dealt with by the competition agency under the overall supervision of Mr. Sharma.
The very first penalty on the leading stock exchange of the country exceeding Rs.50 Crores was based on the investigation done by the Mr. Sharma. Subsequently, when there were allegations of future trading and guar gum and other similar commodities, for saving the enterprises from huge fines, the Firm was the natural choice for representing these companies.
It may not be that well known no manufactured vehicle can leave the premises of the manufacturer except without being loaded on to the car carrier trucks. When the instances of anti competitive practices came to the fore, the Firm was the first choice to taken services from.
