28 Apr 2026
Trilegal successfully represents GMR Airports and Delhi International Airport before CCI against allegations of abuse of dominance
25 Mar 2025
25 Mar 2025
Trilegal, as the sole counsel, successfully represented GMR Airports Limited (“GMR”) and Delhi International Airport Limited (“DIAL”) before the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”). Through an order dated 20 March 2025, CCI closed the matter at the threshold stage and held that there was not even a prima facie case of violation of Indian competition law by DIAL (or GMR) necessary for direction of investigation.
Based on the submissions filed by Trilegal on behalf of GMR and DIAL, the CCI noted that provisions of the concession agreement and held that DIAL had awarded contracts based on competitive bidding, without favouring GMR group as had been alleged by the informants. Additionally, the CCI noted that the charges levied by DIAL were uniform and the rate was prevalent before DIAL and had remained unchanged. The CCI also rejected the prayer for interim relief.
In October 2024, Trilegal also represented GMR and DIAL before the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi in a writ petition filed by the informants seeking expeditious disposal of the CCI matter. Trilegal team engaged Mr. Rajiv Nayar, Senior Advocate, and the writ petition was dismissed at the stage of admission.
The Trilegal Competition Team advising on the mandate was led by Partner: Gautam Chawla; and supported by Counsels: Reshabh Juneja and Ankush Walia; Associates: Madhav Kapoor and Umang Chaturvedi.
The Trilegal Disputes Resolution Team advising on the mandate was led by Partner: Milanka Chaudhury; and supported by Senior Associate: Swet Shikha; and Associate: Amishi.
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Trilegal has been recognised as M&A Firm of the Year by IFLR Asia-Pacific 2024; Best Overall Law Firms by India Business Law Journal (IBLJ) 2024; Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific by Financial Times (FT) 2024; Law Firm of the Year by Deal Volume by VCCircle Awards 2024; India Deal Firm of the Year by Asian Legal Business (ALB) India Law Awards 2023; Best Law Firms to Work by Vahura 2022; Firm of the year for Client Service Excellence by Asia Law Awards 2021.
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