Appointment of Competition Commission member: new member appointed under the Competition Act; tenure and service rules specified.
The Central Government, under sub-section (1) of Section 8 read with sub-section (1) of Section 10 of the Competition Act, 2002, appointed Shri Shiv Narayan Dhingra as a Member of the Competition Commission of India effective 18th October, 2011. The appointment is for five years or until the appointee attains sixty-five years of age or until further orders, whichever is earlier, and his service, including salary and allowances, is governed by the Competition Commission of India (Salary, Allowances and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and other Members) Rules, 2003, as amended.

Appointment of Chairperson under Competition Act: leadership term and service conditions governed by commission rules.
Shri Ashok Chawla is appointed as Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India with effect from the stated commencement date for a tenure of five years or until attaining the age of sixty five years or until further orders, under the authority of Section 8(1) read with Section 10(1) of the Competition Act, 2002; his terms and conditions of service are governed by the Competition Commission of India (Salary, Allowances and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and other Members) Rules, 2003, as amended.

Pay for CCI Chairperson and Members revised; consolidated salaries specified and housing and car entitlements removed.
Amendment substitutes Rule 3 to set consolidated monthly salaries for the Chairperson and each Member of the Competition Commission of India and expressly disallows entitlement to house and car benefits in addition to the consolidated pay.

Electronic form recognition enables filings in hard or soft copy under amended competition commission regulations.
The 2011 amendment to the Competition Commission of India (General) Regulations inserts a definition of "Electronic form" aligning it with section 2(r) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and revises regulation 21(1) to permit submissions as "either a hard or a soft copy (in electronic form)" in place of the prior reference to "copies."

Appeal procedure: rules governing filing, registration, service, hearings, adjournments, ex parte proceedings and judgments before the tribunal.
Regulations establish the procedural framework for appeals and applications to the Competition Appellate Tribunal: definitions of operative terms; English as the language of proceedings; Registrar duties to receive, verify, register and maintain records, issue notices and certify copies; filing, verification, service and pleading requirements including translations; limits on successive pleadings; inspection and certified copy procedures; rules on sittings, custody of seal, adjournments, ex parte hearings, signing of judgments and correction of clerical errors; and Chairperson's power to interpret or modify procedures.

RTI Act reporting requirements added to annual report rules, requiring disclosure of application and appeal statuses.
Amendment inserts RTI Act disclosures into the Commission's annual report, requiring counts of applications received by CPIO/ACPIO, applications for which information was provided, applications pending with CPIO, appeals filed before the First Appellate Authority, appeals disposed of, appeals pending with the First Appellate Authority, and applications/appeals not disposed within the stipulated timeframe, effective from publication in the Official Gazette under the cited enabling provisions.

Amendment to tribunal service rules removes conditional phrase and corrects wording, effective on publication under competition law.
Amendment to the Competition Appellate Tribunal service rules modifies rule 5(1) of the 2009 Rules by omitting the parenthetical phrase "(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (2)" and substituting "to receive" for "to received" in the proviso. The Amendment Rules are issued under powers conferred by the Competition Act and come into force from their publication in the Official Gazette, with cross-reference to the principal 2009 rules and earlier 2009 amendments.

Merger control procedure: mandatory notice filing and review may require remedies, monitoring or prohibition under competition law.
Regulation prescribes procedural rules for notification and review of combinations: specified notice forms, filing and fee requirements, timelines and exclusion of cure periods from statutory review, Commission powers to call for information or a Director General report, publication and public comment where prima facie concerns arise, and remedial options including modifications, monitoring and orders to approve or prohibit combinations.

Penalty recovery procedures require demand notices, recovery certificates and enforcement including attachment or tax-based recovery.
These regulations set out procedures for recovery of monetary penalties under the Competition Act, requiring issuance of a demand notice (normally giving thirty days), payment by challan, and authorising the Commission to grant extensions or instalment plans. On default the Commission issues a recovery certificate executed by a recovery officer empowered to compel payment from third parties, attach and sell movable and immovable property, and refer the matter to Income-tax authorities for recovery as a tax due; interest, refunds, monitoring and clerical corrections are also provided for.