CCI chairman stresses on advocacy

The chairman of the Competition Commission of India Mr.Dhanendra Kumar in a recent interview spoke about the need to generate awareness on competition issues and the benefits of voluntary compliance with the recently notified Competition Act. He referred to the mandate of advocacy given by the act. He also said that tackling cartels would be a primary priority for the Commission. The chairman has said in the interview that provisions relating to combinations are likely to be made effective shortly and on enforcement he said that the Commission has sufficient powers of investigation and that the certainty of being caught and punished if one violates the law would assist in ensuring compliance. For the full text of the interview, see: India Law Journal