A Delhi court discharged Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in an excise policy-related corruption case, citing lacunae in the CBI chargesheet.
Competition Commission of India is considering amnesty plan to bust cartels.
In a bid to assuage corporate India's fears over key aspects of the Competition Act, 2007, the Competition Commission of India has decided to ensure that 90 per cent merger and acquisition proposals put up for its approval are cleared within 60 days. The present timeline is 210 days.
The government hinted on Tuesday at introducing a more stringent auditing system in line with the Naresh Chandra committee recommendations, within the next one year.
Department of Company Affairs said on Friday that the independent auditor appointed to examine the Xerox ModiCorp bribery scandal is expected to submit its report shortly.
What seems to have changed over the last two-three years is that earlier the CCI considered online as another channel for retail sales, while it now seems dividing the retail market into two -- online and offline, and looking at them separately, say competition law experts.
The Act provides that companies with assets of over Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) and a turnover exceeding Rs 3,000 crore (Rs 30 billion) will have to obtain approval from the CCI for a merger, acquisition or amalgamation within 30 days of the deal. Smaller companies will have to seek permission if their parent company's assets exceed Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion) and the turnover Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion).
The requirement to seek government permission for acquisitions by companies having over 25 per cent market share may be dispensed with.
She received nearly 97.7 per cent of the votes in favour of her re-appointment, while nearly 2.32 per cent votes were cast against her