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In a landmark regulatory update, the Competition Commission of India has clarified that mobility platforms utilizing private vehicles without commercial permits do not fall under the purview of the Competition Act, impacting the future of India's gig economy.

Official figures show the Competition Commission of India handled 54 antitrust matters and 149 merger filings in 2025, highlighting an increasingly active and modernised competition enforcement framework.

The Competition Commission of India has cleared a Blackstone-affiliated entity’s acquisition of warrants convertible into a 9.99% stake in Federal Bank. The approval allows Blackstone to nominate two directors once the warrants are exercised and marks a significant regulatory milestone in the private bank’s capital-raising and governance plans.

On November 4, 2025, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) delivered a landmark ruling in the ongoing battle between WhatsApp, Meta Platforms Inc., and the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The tribunal overturned the CCI’s earlier order prohibiting WhatsApp from implementing its data-sharing policy with Facebook and Instagram, holding that the regulator had not adequately justified the ban. However, NCLAT simultaneously upheld the ₹213.5 crore penalty imposed on Meta for...

The Supreme Court of India will hear Google's appeal against an NCLAT antitrust ruling concerning its Android ecosystem and Play Store billing practices. The CCI had previously fined Google for abusing its dominant position by mandating GPBS and unfairly promoting Google Pay. While NCLAT upheld core findings, it reduced penalties and questioned CCI's "ex-ante" directives.