November 1, 2022/ Aniket Panchal and Swetha Somu/ Competition Law By Aniket Panchal and Swetha Somu. The authors are students of Gujarat National Law University. Availing leniency under a leniency programme provides full or partial reduction of fines imposed by the competition authority on companies indulging in cartels in return for the cooperation of such companies in disclosing vital information proving the existence of a cartel. Section 46 of the Competition Act, 2002 (“the Act”), in conjunction…