The Competition Commission on Friday approved acquisition of certain stake in Sajjan India Ltd by Sona Company. The proposed transaction relates to investment in Sajjan India by way of acquisition of equity shares, according to a combination notice filed with the regulator. Sajjan India is engaged in manufacture of chemical compounds, manufacture and trade of specialty chemicals, manufacture and trade of chemical compounds used in dyes and pigments and that of chemical reagents, among others. Sona Company Pte Ltd is an investment company incorporated under laws of Singapore. "Commission approves acquisition of equity share capital of Sajjan India Limited by Sona Company (a portfolio company under CVC Partners)," a tweet by the regulator stated.
Besides imposing fines totalling over Rs 1.29 crore on the 7 entiites and 9 officials, they have also been directed to cease and desist from indulging in anti-competitive practices
The transaction involves Kubota's acquisition of certain additional equity shares of Escorts by way of preferential allotment
Traders' body CAIT on Monday filed a complaint with the Competition Commission of India against Amazon accusing the e-commerce major of committing a fraud while seeking approval for the takeover of More Retail's stores in India. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) claimed that in case of acquiring More Retail, Amazon committed the same fraud, misrepresentation of facts, misleading the CCI in the matter too as was done in takeover of Future Retail. "It amply exposes the sinister designs of Amazon to control Indian retail companies in a fraudulent manner to capture the physical retail trade and inventory-based e-commerce in India causing enormous harm to the traders," the traders' body alleged. CAIT said that Amazon has taken over More Retail through Samara Alternate Investment Fund (Samara AIF) that owns 51 per cent equity in Witzig Advisory LLP that in-turns owns More Retail Limited. It further stated that Amazon has obtained approval from CCI for the takeover of More Ret
The proposed deal involves the transfer of GlaxoSmithKline Asia Pvt Ltd's products and GSK Consumer Brands (indirectly) to GSK CH HoldCo
The US e-commerce giant's legal team is expected to make the argument that there was no misrepresentation of facts and all the information had been clearly mentioned.
The order came on a complaint filed by the Digital News Publishers Association, which is a private company that promotes and secures interest of digital news publishers
Google had filed a writ in Karnataka HC on Dec 27 seeking time to respond to CCI queries on the use of Google's Play Store payment system for in-app purchases and paid apps
Competition Commission has ordered a detailed probe against state-owned IREL (India) Ltd, which is into mining and production of minerals, for alleged abuse of dominant position.
The complainant argued that Apple's imposition of a 30% in-app fee for distribution of paid digital content and other restrictions hurts competition by raising costs for app developers and customers
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said on Thursday it has approved the acquisition of 96.42 per cent equity shareholding in Jindal Power Limited by Worldone Private Limited.
In October, Talace Pvt Ltd emerged as the winning bidder for Air India with a bid worth Rs 18,000 cr
Says Amazon made false and incorrect statements while seeking approvals
Beer maker United Breweries Ltd (UBL) has approached the appellate tribunal NCLAT against Rs 751.8 crore penalty imposed on the company by the fair trade regulator CCI.
The complaint was filed by Velankani Electronics Pvt Ltd, which is engaged in designing and manufacturing electronic products in India
An SC bench said it would not go into merits of the case and would rather like to give some more time, over and above the time granted by Delhi HC, to the US firm to put forth its case before the CCI
The e-commerce firm has said the CCI Approval for the Impugned Transaction was "illegally obtained" and is a nullity in the eyes of law
Company says US e-com major showed disregard to Indian law by walking out of CCI proceedings
Necessary regulations needed to safeguard patient privacy, protect sensitive personal medical data, says CCI report
CCI imposed a symbolic penalty of Rs 5 lakh each on the ten paper manufacturers found guilty of cartelisation