Legal representation during DG summons: advocates may accompany summoned persons under strict procedural limits and misconduct sanctions.
Regulation 46A permits an Advocate to accompany a person summoned by the Director General only upon prior written request with a Vakalatnama or Power of Attorney, and subjects the Advocate to restrictions on proximity and communication during the person's examination; misconduct may be reported by the DG to the Commission, which may debar the Advocate and direct referral of a complaint to the relevant State Bar Council.

Combination procedure amendments permit withdrawal and refiling of notices and allow excluded time for evaluating offered modifications.
Amendments substitute the Companies Act, 2013 reference, convert specified timeframes to working days, create a withdrawal and refiling mechanism allowing fee adjustment for refiling within a limited interval, permit parties to offer post filing modifications with a limited additional evaluation period excluded from statutory deadlines, and empower the Commission to appoint agencies to supervise implementation of modifications.

Selection Committee term extension expands the allowable timeframe for preparing the panel of names under competition rules.
The amendment replaces the specified timeframe in rule 4(3) of the Competition Commission of India (Term of the Selection Committee and the manner of selection of panel of names) Rules, 2008, extending the period allowed for the Selection Committee to complete its process and prepare the panel of names. It is issued by the Central Government under the Competition Act and comes into force on its publication in the Official Gazette.

Selection Committee term extended to lengthen panel selection period under the Competition Act, amending timing for selection.
The amendment extends the timeframe in rule 4(3) of the 2008 Selection Committee rules, lengthening the period within which the Selection Committee must complete preparation of the panel of names; the change is made under the Competition Act and comes into force on publication in the Official Gazette.

Exemption of vessel sharing agreements from competition prohibition allows monitored liner shipping cooperation subject to withdrawal on anti-competitive complaints.
Exemption of Vessel Sharing Agreements from the prohibition in section 3 is granted for a limited period for carriers of all nationalities operating from Indian ports, subject to withdrawal if complaints of price fixing, capacity limitation, or market/customer allocation arise. The Director General, Shipping will monitor operations and submit annual reports. Operators must file copies of existing or new vessel sharing agreements and any other documents specified by the Director General within thirty days of publication or ten days of signing, whichever is later.

Remuneration adjustment for Competition Commission members enacted, raising prescribed salary and applying from early 2016.
The amendment increases the salary specified in rule 3 of the principal rules by substituting the earlier figure with a higher figure, pursuant to the rule making power under the Competition Act, and declares the change effective from 1 January 2016, amending the terms of service for the Chairperson and other Members of the Competition Commission of India.