This update has been prepared to set out the key observations of the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) In Re: Updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for WhatsApp Users against WhatsApp LLC and Facebook, Inc., Suo Moto Case No. 01 of 2021 dated 24 March 2021. Background The CCI was of the opinion that…
This update has been prepared to set out the key observations of the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) In Re: Pramod Mahajan and ICICI Bank, Case No. 52 of 2020 dated January 27 2021. The main allegation concerned the unilateral nature of the adjustable interest rate of the housing loan availed by the informant from…
In the long and lively series of orders involving the taxi-aggregator space, there has been remarkable inconsistency. Except in one area: what qualifies as “dominant”. This has been changed in a single stroke by the Supreme Court in Uber India Systems Private India Ltd. v. Competition Commission of India & Ors. (Civil Appeal No. 641…
This note analyses aspects of pricing control in the “marketplace” model of e-commerce. The “market-place” model is an important context for Indian foreign exchange control regulations because foreign direct investment is not allowed in the other model i.e. “inventory-based”. A market-place model of e-commerce is defined as: “providing of an information technology platform by an e-commerce…
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