NEW DELHI:
India’s antitrust watchdog has warned employees in an inner memo to not share any info with the media when they don’t seem to be licensed to take action, citing a 60-year-old rule that prohibits such interactions, a doc exhibits.
“It has been noticed that of late sure info associated to the circumstances (underneath evaluation) are revealed/out there within the media … this has been seen very critically,” the Competitors Fee of India (CCI) mentioned in an Aug. 20 memo to all employees, which was seen by Reuters.
CCI chairperson Ravneet Kaur didn’t reply to Reuters queries on the memo.
The CCI is investigating high-profile firms and reviewing offers involving the likes of Amazon, Walmart’s Flipkart, Reliance, Walt Disney and liquor maker Pernod Ricard.
On Tuesday, Reuters reported the CCI had reached an preliminary evaluation that the $8.5 billion Indian merger of Reliance and Disney media property harms competitors attributable to their energy over cricket broadcast rights, and had been despatched a warning discover.
Earlier this month, the CCI additionally privately took an uncommon step of recalling two studies that detailed alleged breaches of competitors regulation by Apple, Reuters has reported.
The interior CCI employees memo additionally mentioned disciplinary motion may be taken for non-compliance with the foundations, including that additionally they apply to officers even after they go away the CCI.
The memo cited a 1964 authorities rule that claims “no authorities servant shall, besides in accordance with basic or particular order …. talk, straight or not directly, any official doc or any half thereof or info.”
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