COMMITTEE ON DIGITAL COMPETITION LAW

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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology advises excluding the ex-ante provision from the Digital Competition Bill. Stakeholders, including IAMAI, Nasscom, and The Dialogue, oppose it as burdensome. A senior official notes widespread o...

India’s Digital Competition Bill has turned previous foes in the tech industry into unlikely allies and sparked a polarising debate on market practices. The Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL) on February 27, submitted its report to the mini...

Apple is facing intense regulatory scrutiny globally, with charges in the EU, legal battles in the US, and regulatory actions in Britain, signaling a turbulent period for the tech giant in various markets.

Apple has become the first US tech giant to be charged under the European Union’s tough new antitrust tech law. If found guilty, its fine may soar up to $38 billion.

The ministry of electronics and information technology continued discussions on the digital competition bill with think tanks and industry bodies raising concerns about foreign regulation approaches. The impact on startups and overlap with existing ...

Indian policymakers discussed the impact of the proposed Digital Competition Bill on data and digital markets at the MEITY meeting with industry representatives. Stakeholders had differing opinions on the regulations, with some supporting its provis...

The magnitude, scale and speed at which such platforms operate demand ex ante regulation, if the real interests of consumers are to be protected.

The government is holding meetings to address concerns about the draft Digital Competition Bill, which proposes obligations for big tech companies in core digital services under a new category of systemically significant digital enterprises.

Four members of IAMAI, including Bharat Matrimony, Match Group, Hoichoi, and ShareChat, express divergent views on ex-ante regulation in the draft DCB to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

India is drafting a new competition law to target big digital firms, with a U.S. lobby group urging a rethink to avoid potential business impacts.

Viacom18 and Star India have sought CCI approval for their merger deal, assuring minimal competition impact in India. The merger deal may face intense CCI scrutiny since the combine will dominate both the TV broadcasting and streaming markets in the...

Google disclosed the payment, but not the amount, in a court filing last week that said the case should be heard and decided by a judge directly. Without a monetary damages claim, Google argued, the government has no right to a jury trial.

The regulator is firming up a proposal to enhance its strength to strictly enforce regulations under the amended competition law of 2023, which has significantly widened the scope for oversight. On top of this, it is also planning to bolster its ove...

Competition Commission of India (CCI) chief Ravneet Kaur highlighted the opacity of algorithms in assessing their impact on competition, emphasizing the need for competition law to evolve in digital markets. The CCI is closely monitoring digital mar...

Ex-ante regimes tell businesses precisely how to behave, or what to do. Under the current ex-post regime of the Competition Act, companies are only required to ensure that their conduct in the market is not anti-competitive. An overlapping ex-ante r...

Google defended its Google Play Store at the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, asserting it didn't engage in anti-competitive behavior or misuse its dominance. The counsel for Alphabet Inc argued the store provided users and developers with o...

21 organisations urge a 5-month extension from the government for insights on the Digital Competition Bill draft, emphasizing the alignment of various regulations and the essential 'whole of government' approach.

It has also extended the deadline for submission of comments by stakeholders on the report of Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL). The initial deadline is to end on April 15. Earlier, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) had invited comme...