Developments in Competition Law during April 2021
In the month of April, the Delhi High Court upheld the jurisdiction of the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) to investigate WhatsApp’s new privacy policy. Further, in collaboration with Ernst & Young, the CCI released a discussion paper on the interface between blockchain technology and competition and passed other notable orders, including:
- approving the acquisition of shareholding of Varian Medical Systems by Siemens;
- approving the acquisition of additional minority shareholding of API by CDPQ;
- approving the acquisition of Glass Business of Piramal, Filming Business of Ansapack, and shareholding of Vivid Trading by Blackstone;
- approving the acquisition of minority shareholding of ATC TIPL by ATC APP under Green Channel, etc.
For further details, please refer to the below document.
This Newsletter has been prepared by the JSA Competition Law Team. For further details, please contact [email protected]
