CCI warns staff over unauthorised media contacts, information disclosure

India’s antitrust watchdog has warned staff in an internal memo not to share any information with the media when they are not authorized to do so, citing a 60-year-old rule that prohibits such interactions, a document shows.

“It has been observed that of late certain information related to the cases (under review) are published/available in the media … this has been viewed very seriously,” the Competition Commission of India (CCI) said in an Aug. 20 memo to all staff, which was seen by Reuters.