Sonam Mathur is a partner at TT&A where she leads the competition law practice, based in New Delhi. Sonam has experience handling the full range of competition law matters including investigations of cartels and abuse of dominance, complex merger control having acted for leading corporate clients on global transactions (including in phase II reviews and multi-jurisdiction deals). Sonam also conducts training sessions and advises her clients on day-to-day compliance with the Indian competition law. She completed her Bachelor of Laws degree from National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (India) and a Master of Laws degree from King’s College London (United Kingdom).
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The Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2023 (Amendment) was recently approved by both houses of Parliament in India and thereafter received the assent of the President to become the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023. It introduces significant substantive as well as procedural changes to Indian (...)
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Introduction On 19 October 2022, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) fined the leading Indian online travel agents (OTAs) MakeMyTrip India Pvt Ltd (MMT) and Ibibo Group Private Limited (Goibibo) (collectively referred to as "MMT-Go") 223,480,000 rupees (approximately $27.09 million) (...)
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On 14 October 2022, the Supreme Court of India dismissed appeals filed by WhatsApp LLC (WhatsApp) and Facebook Inc (now Meta) challenging the jurisdiction of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to investigate WhatsApp’s 2021 Terms of Service and Privacy Policy (the 2021 policy) (Meta (...)
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On 4 October 2022, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) conditionally approved the proposed merger of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE) and Sony Group Corporation (SGC) in India (the proposed transaction). The merger between the two leading players in the broadcasting sector (...)
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The Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) recently conducted its first unannounced inspection (‘dawn raid’) in the premises of the UK-based construction equipment maker’s Indian subsidiary, JCB India Private Limited. This dawn raid was conducted in relation to an on-going investigation of (...)
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On 1 May 2013, the Competition Commission of India (Commission) received a combination notice from Etihad Airways (Etihad) and Jet Airways India Limited (Jet) in relation to Etihad’s proposed acquisition of 24% equity interest in Jet. The notice was given to the Commission after signing of an (...)
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The Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) recently imposed a fine of INR 54.24 crore (approx. USD 10 million) on the Board for Control of Cricket in India (“BCCI”). The CCI found the BCCI to be in a dominant position in the market for organizing private professional league cricket in India (...)
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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India which is the authority responsible for the functioning of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has proposed a bill in the Lower House of Parliament of India on 10 December 2012 to amend the Competition Act, 2002 (Act). This proposal (...)
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On 2 December 2010, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) delivered its first decision under the Competition Act, 2002. By a majority of 4:2, the CCI decided that the collective decision of banks/housing finance companies (“HFCs”) to levy prepayment charges did not constitute a cartel. (...)
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On 29th June 2010, the UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) published revised guidance on the issue of Director Disqualification Order (DDO) in competition cases. The legal provisions relating to DDO are contained in the Company Directors Disqualification Act, 1986 as amended by the Enterprise Act, (...)
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The Office of Fair Trading (“OFT”) has recently fined two tobacco companies, namely Imperial Tobacco and Gallaher (now part of Japan Tobacco International), and ten retailers in UK for collusion while determining tobacco retail prices. The actual infringement took place between 2001 and 2003 (...)
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2009 has seen the disposal of Gatwick airport following an adverse finding by the UK Competition Commission (CC) in its investigation of the airport services market. The market investigation report on BAA airports by the CC was successfully appealed by BAA. The Competition Appeal Tribunal (...)
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In 2006, the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) had concluded that English Welsh & Scottish Railway Limited (EW&S) infringed the prohibition contained in the Chapter II prohibition of the Competition Act 1998 and Article 82, EC Treaty . EW&S infringed the said provisions as it (...)
