TagCompetition Law

[Mudit Nigam is a 4th Year Student of National Law Institute University, Bhopal] The increased demand for products such as smart phones, ultra-HD televisions, LED lights, high-end laptops and computers, has promoted technological innovation and market growth, leading to the prominence of the high technology market in India. The country is emerging as a global digital lab with more than 20,000...

[Prakhar Bhatnagar and Karan Trehan are II year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) students at the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad] Definition Resale Price Maintenance (“RPM’) is a form of price-fixing agreement whereby a producer specifies the maximum, minimum or the exact price at which a retailer must re-sell its products to the consumers. It is a vertical restraint as it operates between the players...

[Ayushi Singh is a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law University, Jodhpur] Last month, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) passed an order in the matter of Express Industry Council of India vs. Jet Airways (India) Ltd. and Others upholding charges against Jet Airways, SpiceJet and IndiGo Airlines for cartelisation under the provisions of section 3(3)(a) read with section 3(1) of...

[Abhimanyu Singh Yadav and Anubha Singhal are 3rd year BA LLB (Hons) students at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow] The purpose of a Finance Act has generally been to lay down the tax proposals framed by the Central Government. However, apart from laying down tax proposals, the Finance Act 2017 brought about some noticeable structural changes in the functioning of appellate...

[Kunal Kumar is a 4th year B.A., LL.B.(Hons.) student at NLU Jodhpur)] Introduction In Central Bank of India v. Shri Prakash Chand Jain (1969), the Supreme Court held that a fact which is sought to be proved must be supported by statements made in the presence of the person against whom enquiry is held and the statement made behind the back of the person charged are not to be treated as...

[Pallavi Panigrahi is a graduate of National Law School of India University, Bangalore and is currently working at a Corporate Law Firm in Mumbai. Another post on the topic is available here] The Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) last month imposed a fine of INR 135.86 crores on search engine giant Google (inclusive of Google LLC, Google India Private Limited and Google Ireland Limited) for...

[Sanchit Varma is a 4th year BA.LL.B (Hons.) student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad] Introduction In a recent order, the Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) imposed a 136 crore fine on Google Inc. for unfair business practices in India. The order was passed pursuant to complaints filed against Google in 2012, wherein it was alleged that the company was abusing its dominant position...

[Aditya Sinha is a 5th year B.B.A., L.L.B (Hons.) student at College of Legal Studies, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun] Introduction In the legal antitrust world, the practice of actualizing a transaction before receiving the statutory clearance from the competition authority, or unauthorized co-ordination between the merging parties prior to approval, is referred to as...

[Gokul Plaha is a 4th year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National Law University, Delhi] Introduction Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002 prohibits the abuse of a “dominant position” in the market but does not penalise “dominance” per se. This means that any firm or enterprise is well within its right to acquire a dominating  position in the market, even by way of indulging in anti...

[Oorvi Mehta is a III Year student of B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) at the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad] Section 3 of the Competition Act 2002 applies to cases of anti-competitive agreements between two or more enterprises. The usual route to examine an infringement of this provision was to determine firstly, whether there was an agreement between two or more enterprises, fulfilling which, secondly...