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Redefining CCI's Role in the Digital World: Policy Analysis and Proposals
Authors suggest that CCI must play a proactive role in addressing emerging challenges relating to platform markets.
Aakash Batra, Ahaan Raizada
Jan 11, 20219 min read
Reconciling Economics and Competition for Digital Platforms
The article discusses the relatively difficult assessment of digital platforms from an antitrust perspective.
Arnab Roy
Jan 4, 202110 min read
Jumping the Gun – An Antitrust Law Perspective
[Sakshi is a student at Jindal Global Law School. The following piece was selected as the second-best entry in the IRCCL Blog Writing...
Sakshi Saran Agarwal
Dec 13, 20207 min read
Deep Discounting on E-Commerce Platforms: A Misplaced Approach to Reinstalling Fair Competition
[Pooja and Priyashi are students at National Law University, Jodhpur. The following post is the winning entry for the IRCCL Blog Writing...
Pooja Dhamor, Priyashi Chhajer
Dec 5, 20209 min read
Coming Soon: Compensation Applications under Competition Act 2002
[Prashansa is an Advocate practising at the High Court of Bombay.] A recent case, Food Corporation v. Excel Corp and Others (Food...
Prashansa M. Agrawal
Nov 27, 20204 min read
Turf Battle for Jurisdiction: Feasibility of the Exclusive Domain Model for Market Regulators
[Sushant and Vanshaj are students at Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow.] With the Monsanto Holdings judgement, the...
Sushant Kumar, Vanshaj Dhiman
Nov 8, 20205 min read
Data Accumulation by Big Tech: Is the Indian Competition Regime Ready?
[Lavanya and Aaditya are students at Symbiosis Law School, Pune.] Earlier this year, the CEOs of Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon...
Lavanya Gupta, Aaditya Mishra
Oct 29, 20205 min read
Res Judicata in CCI: Grounds for Non-Applicability
[Swetank and Anand are students at Symbiosis Law School, Noida.] Under the Roman law, a defendant could successfully contest a suit filed...
Swetank Neelabh, Anand Kamal
Oct 14, 20206 min read
Amazon’s Antitrust Practices Involving Third-Party Seller Data Re-Emerge?
[Urshila and Sanah are students at School of Law, Christ University.] Amazon has been the subject of multiple antitrust investigations...
Urshila Pandit, Sanah Javed
Oct 12, 20206 min read
Samir Agrawal v. CCI: NCLAT's Misstep in Interpreting Locus Standi of Whistle-blower Informants
[Parash is a student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law.] The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in its recent...
Parash Biswal
Sep 13, 20206 min read
Buyers’ 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...
Saurabh Gupta
Sep 4, 20206 min read
Implications 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...
Niti Richhariya
Aug 17, 20205 min read
Sandeep 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...
Yagya Sharma
Aug 10, 20206 min read
Does 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....
Srishti Rai Chhabra
Aug 6, 20206 min read
Green 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...
Jai Sanyal
Jul 11, 20206 min read
Maintaining 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...
Shivek Endlaw
Jul 3, 20206 min read
Monsanto 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...
Yagya Sharma, Paridhi Rastogi
Jun 18, 20207 min read
Competition (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...
Prerna Raturi
May 24, 20207 min read
Most 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...
Kritika Dobhal
May 6, 20206 min read
The 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...
Yash Bhatt
Apr 22, 20207 min read
CCI’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...
Ashu Bhargav
Jan 28, 20206 min read
Interlocking 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...
Aditya Mukherjee, Arihant Agarwal
Jan 22, 20206 min read
CCI Publishes Final E-Commerce Sector Report
The Competition Commission of India (CCI), on 8 January 2020, released a market study on e-commerce (Study) in India to fill a much need...
IRCCL Blog
Jan 17, 20203 min read
CCI 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...
Prerna Kapur
Dec 15, 20197 min read
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