Saurabh GuptaSep 3, 20206 minBuyers’ Cartels in India: An Antitrust Oversight?[Saurabh is a student at National Law School of India University, Bangalore.] The Competition (Amendment) Bill 2020 (Bill) expands the...
Niti RichhariyaAug 16, 20205 minImplications of CCI’s Proposal to Dispense with Assessment of Non-Compete Restrictions under Merger [Niti is a Research Associate at the Competition Commission of India.] Since merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions largely entail...
Yagya SharmaAug 9, 20206 minSandeep Mishra v/s NHAI: A Case of CCI's Prejudice[Yagya is a student at Institute of Law, Nirma University.] Public procurement is a principal economic activity of the government which...
Srishti Rai ChhabraAug 5, 20206 minDoes Section 3(1) of the Competition Act 2002 Have a Standalone Applicability?[Srishti is a student at National Law University, Jodhpur.] The draft Competition Law Amendment Bill 2020 (Bill) was released recently....
Jai SanyalJul 10, 20206 minGreen Channel Approval for IBC-driven Acquisitions?[Jai is a student at Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai.] The time bound resolution of distressed corporate entities is perhaps...
Shivek EndlawJul 2, 20206 minMaintaining Competition: The Failing Firm Defense in Indian M&A Transactions[Shivek is a student at Amity Law School, Delhi.] The disastrous impact of the COVID-19 on domestic businesses is widely documented. In...
Yagya Sharma, Paridhi RastogiJun 17, 20207 minMonsanto Judgment: A Step Towards Resolving a Jurisdictional Conundrum[Yagya and Paridhi are students at Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.] On 20 May 2020, a single-judge bench of the Delhi High...
Prerna RaturiMay 23, 20207 minCompetition (Amendment) Bill 2020: A Failure to Address Effects-Based Approach to Abuse of Dominance[Prerna Raturi is a student at Symbiosis Law School, Pune.] On 12 February 2020, the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) introduced...
Kritika DobhalMay 5, 20206 minMost Favored Nation Clauses: What is the Way Ahead?[Kritika Dobhal is a student at National Law University, Jodhpur.] Recently, on an information filed by Treebo Hotels, the Competition...
Yash BhattApr 21, 20207 minThe Defence of Objective Justification in Competition Law: Is the Defence is Really “Objective”?[Yash Bhatt is a student at Government Law College, Mumbai.] The defence of objective justification in competition law exempts liability...
Ashu BhargavJan 27, 20206 minCCI’s Horizontal Breakthrough in OEM Market: Leniency Granted to Japanese Companies[Ashu Bhargav is a student at Law Centre - I, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.] The Competition Commission of India (CCI), in an...
Aditya Mukherjee, Arihant AgarwalJan 21, 20206 minInterlocking Directorate and its Relevance to Competition in India[Aditya Mukherjee and Arihant Agarwal are students at Jindal Global Law School.] The concept of interlocking directorate revolves around...
IRCCL BlogJan 16, 20203 minCCI Publishes Final E-Commerce Sector ReportThe Competition Commission of India (CCI), on 8 January 2020, released a market study on e-commerce (Study) in India to fill a much need...
Prerna KapurDec 14, 20197 minCCI Orders Investigation against Online Hotel Booking Service Providers - OYO, MakeMyTrip[Prerna Kapur is a student at National Law University, Odisha.] On 28 October 2019, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered the...
Soham GoswamiNov 21, 20195 minCompetition Law and Judicial Review: Has Bombay High Court Ousted CCI's Jurisdiction in Telecom[Soham Goswami is an Editor at IRCCL.] The Bombay High Court has quashed a Competition Commission of India (CCI) investigation against...
Saumya RaizadaAug 14, 20195 minSeventh Set of Amendments to Combination Regulations: CCI Makes Sweeping Changes to the Framework[Saumya Raizada is an Editor at IRCCL.] The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on 13 August 2019 notified the seventh set of...
Saumya Raizada, Shreetama GhoshJul 24, 20194 minBig Trouble for the Big Tech: EU investigates Amazon[Saumya Raizada and Shreetama Ghosh are Editors at IRCCL.] In 2015, Forbes reported that, by the year 2020, about 1.7 megabytes of new...
Saumya RaizadaJul 1, 20192 minUpdate: EC Blocks Joint Venture between Tata Steel and Thyssenkrupp[The following update has been brought to you by our Editor, Saumya Raizada.] The European Commission (EC) in a press release dated 11...
Karan ShelkeSep 6, 20185 minRegulating Big Data Competition[Karan Shelke is a student at Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai.] Several years ago, The Economist noted that data generated...
IRCCL BlogJun 21, 20183 minUnderstanding Buyer Cartels from an Antitrust PerspectiveMost antitrust frameworks around the world have traditionally given significant attention to seller cartels and their anti-competitive...