Two recent judgments by the Supreme Court of India have clarified and boosted the powers of the new Competition Commission of India (CCI). Less than two years old, the CCI has not yet made a big impact on India’s cartels and monopolies—but practitioners say that it is making steady progress. Indian and international law firms are gearing up for the change in a market where most domestic and foreign companies have had few antitrust concerns in their expansion to date.

"The commission is getting over the early teething troubles, and it is gradually said to be approaching decision stage in at least a few important cases," says Vinod Dhall, who was the founding chairman of the CCI, and who later started Dhall Law Chambers, an antitrust boutique in Delhi.

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