Introduction On 11 May 2022, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India delivered an order in S.G. Vombatkere v. Union of India that, for a brief moment, appeared
Introduction The Indian Constitution allocates to the Governor a set of formal powers over state legislation that, if exercised without restraint, can paralyse the legislative functioning of an elected state
Introduction Few constitutional questions in independent India have generated as much sustained controversy as the method by which judges are appointed to the higher judiciary. The Supreme Court’s 2015 decision
Introduction Every mature competition law system distinguishes between two enforcement modes: public enforcement, where the competition authority investigates and sanctions anti-competitive conduct on behalf of the public interest, and private
Introduction Oligopolistic markets — where a small number of large firms account for most of the market’s supply — are ubiquitous in India’s economy: aviation, telecom, cement, steel, petroleum refining,
Introduction The term “killer acquisition” entered the competition law vocabulary through an influential 2018 academic paper by Cunningham, Ederer, and Ma, which documented a systematic pattern in the pharmaceutical industry:
Introduction The debate about how to constrain the market power of dominant digital platforms has generated a wide menu of potential remedies — from behavioural obligations (prohibiting specific practices) to
Introduction Market definition is the analytical foundation of competition law. Before a competition authority can assess whether an enterprise is dominant, whether a merger reduces competition, or whether an agreement
Introduction Public procurement — the government’s purchase of goods, services, and works from private suppliers — accounts for approximately 20% of India’s GDP, making it one of the largest single
Introduction Gun-jumping — the implementation of a merger before receipt of regulatory clearance from competition authorities — is a compliance risk that deal teams in India systematically underestimate. In a
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