24 March, 2020
With a view to contain the spread of COVID-19, the Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) has issued a circular suspending its merger control and behavioural functions until March 31, 2020. During this time, the following functions of CCI will remain suspended:
- filings in relation to cartel and abuse of dominance provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 (‘Act’);
- merger filings under Section 6 and Section 20 of the Act and pre-filing consultations; and
- other filings and proceedings before CCI or its investigative wing, the Director General under the Act or any underlying regulations.
All non-urgent matters listed before CCI for hearing before 31st March 2020 were already adjourned by way of a separate circular issued last week.
For further information, please contact:
Zia Mody, Partner, AZB & Partners
zia.mody@azbpartners.com
