New Delhi, July 31 -- The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday cleared the way for its investigation into alleged cartelization in the advertising industry to continue after telling the Delhi High Court it had no objection to adding TLG India, the Indian operating entity of France's Publicis Groupe, to the probe.

The submission resolved a legal challenge by Publicis, which had argued that the regulator had initiated proceedings against the wrong entity. After recording the CCI's position, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma disposed of the petition.

"We have no difficulty adding the petitioner as a party under investigation in the ongoing investigation," senior advocate Jayant Mehta, appearing for the CCI, told the court.

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