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The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Thursday dismissed the appeal filed by Consumer Unity and Trust Society, a think tank, asking the Competition Commission of India to investigate the PVR-INOX merger. The senior counsel for CUTS had argued that given the merged entity controls over half of the screens in the country, the merger could have an appreciable adverse effect on competition (AAEC), which could be detrimental to consumers.

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Thursday dismissed the appeal filed by Consumer Unity and Trust Society, a think tank, asking the Competition Commission of India to investigate the PVR-INOX merger. The senior counsel for CUTS had argued that given the merged entity controls over half of the screens in the country, the merger could have an appreciable adverse effect on competition (AAEC), which could be detrimental to consumers.

Digital Competition Bill: Experts told ET that a digital competition law could have far-reaching consequences, especially for big tech players operating in India's digital markets.

When Indias Information Technology Act came into being in October 2000, Facebook was four years away from its inception, the first iPhone wouldn't be launched for the next seven years, and the Nasdaq was experiencing an unprecedented implosion of the dotcom bubble. The internet has changed a lot since. Now, to replace the IT Act of 2000, the government is bringing the Digital India Act, the draft of which will be open for public consultation in the next two weeks. This and more in todays ETtech Morning Dispatch.

The study comes at a time when the government is deliberating on whether to reserve the 6 GHz spectrum band solely for mobile internet like 5G or for Wi-Fi use