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On October 6, the apex court passed an order setting November 15 as the deadline for courts and tribunals across the country to offer the virtual hearing option.
The Madras High Court has dismissed a majority of pleas filed by Indian startups against Google's new user choice billing system. A total of 14 out of 16 petitions have been dismissed. The two...
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High Court said that CCI cannot investigate if a company has abused its dominant position while exercising patent rights; this can only be done by Controller of patents.
The court said that the Competition Act does not prescribe the minimum number of members to constitute a valid quorum for the CCI in its adjudicatory proceedings.
Mature competition jurisdictions such as the European Union and the UK rely on ‘relevant’ or ‘affected’ turnover to reduce arbitrariness and discretion while applying penalties.