Agency Raids: Court gives CCI two weeks to respond to Publicis’ request for case files
The next hearing in the case is scheduled for October 9, 2025
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Published: Aug 28, 2025 6:38 PM | 1 min read
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The Delhi High Court has reportedly asked the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to submit its reply on a plea filed by TLG India, representing Publicis Groupe India, questioning its actions in an antitrust investigation into alleged cartelisation in the advertising industry. According to reports, the court has given the CCI two weeks’ time to submit its reply.
In the plea filed on August 11, Publicis has reportedly asked for access to the details of the case. It maintained that without access to the files, its Indian team has no clarity on the accusations and cannot prepare a response.
The next hearing in the case is scheduled for October 9, 2025.
Publicis Groupe moved the court after being denied access to case files in the investigation into alleged price-fixing by ad agencies.
In March, raids were conducted on several major players, including WPP’s GroupM, Dentsu, Publicis, and Omnicom, over suspicions of collusion in setting publicity rates and discounts.
The case marks the first legal challenge arising from this investigation.
Publicis had previously urged the CCI in July to pause further investigation until it could inspect the case documents, but the regulator had declined.
Dentsu has voluntarily disclosed alleged malpractices under the CCI’s leniency programme, which grants reduced penalties to companies that provide evidence of wrongdoing.
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