Avinash is a partner at Chandhiok & Mahajan working with clients on sensitive and complex competition and disputes issues including abuse of dominance, vertical agreements, cartels, Supreme Court litigation, commercial disputes, and insolvency issues. Drawing on a decade of diverse experience at law firms, senior counsel and independent practice, Avinash provides holistic and practical advice to clients that balances business considerations with regulatory constraints. On the competition side, Avinash has successfully defended several leading businesses such as TransUnion CIBIL, Cipla, Great Eastern Energy Corporation Limited and Escorts Limited from abuse of dominance, vertical agreements and cartel allegations. Avinash has represented Fortune 500 clients in cross-border transactions requiring complex remedies. On the disputes side, Avinash is an Advocate-on-Record with the Supreme Court of India.
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COMPAT sets aside cartel fines against cement companies* The most significant cartel development of 2015 happened to come right at the end. On 11 December 2015, the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) set aside an order of the CCI imposing fines amounting to approx. USD 945.4 million on 11 (...)
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CCI imposes penalty of USD 38.6 million on airlines for fixing fuel surcharge* Just when one almost thought that the year 2015 would go by without a major cartel fine, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) published a decision on 17 November 2015 imposing penalties of USD 38.6 million (...)
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Insurance cartel* The CCI recently issued an order imposing a penalty of USD 105.7 million (approx.) on 4 public sector (owned by the Government of India) insurance companies for indulging in bid rigging. The case was initiated by the CCI on its own motion based on an anonymous letter alleging (...)
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Film association case* In another decision, the CCI has imposed penalties on the Kerala Film Exhibitors’ Association (KFEA) and the Film Distributors Association, Kerala (FDAK) for collective boycott. The KFEA is an association of cinema hall owners in the state of Kerala. The FDAK is an (...)
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CCI fines GSK and Sanofi for bid rigging* It has been quite a while since I posted an India update on Cartel Capers. This was partly due to the fact that the CCI has been relatively quiet on the cartel front for the last few months and partly because I have also been relatively busy with (...)
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CCI fines All India Motor Transport Congress for calling for price hike* The Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed the maximum penalty of 10% of the average turnover on the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) the apex trade association for road transport service providers (both (...)
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CCI finds truckers’ society guilty of cartel and abuse of dominance* The CCI fined the Kiratpur Sahib Truck Operators Co-operative Transport Society Limited, a cooperative society of truck operators in the area of Kiratpur, Punjab and its individual office bearers 10% of the average turnover (...)
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CCI finds no evidence of a cartel amongst builders but still passes strong observations against exploitative and unfair practices adopted by these builders* The CCI recently closed its investigation into an alleged cartel among builders in India finding insufficient evidence of a cartel (...)
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Another chemist and druggist association penalised* In its ninth decision against various chemist and druggist trade associations in India, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) fined the Himachal Pradesh (a state in India) Chemist and Druggist Association 10% of its average turnover for (...)
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Film Distributor Trade Association fined for price fixing and collective boycott* In its last reported decisions of 2014, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), in two separate cases, fined the Film Distributors Association of Kerala (a state in India) 5% of its turnover (in each case) for (...)
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Guest Post From India: “Of Price Bulletins and Dawn Raids”* Trade associations seem to be the flavor of the day for the CCI these days. Less than 4 days after passing an order fining the Chemists and Druggists Association, Goa, the Competition Commission of India (the “CCI”) has imposed penalties (...)
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Competition Commission of India fines chemists trade association for continuing violation of its order* On 27 October 2014, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) following a complaint filed by M/s Xcel Healthcare, a stockist for pharmaceuticals in the state of Goa, found that the Chemists (...)
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