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COURSE OUTLINE (VIII SEMESTER)

Title of the Subject: Competition Law

Semester: VIII
Name of the Faculty: Varshita Mangamoori Total No. of Hours: Min 60
Credits: 4

Objectives:

The Course intends to introduce students to the competition law framework in India through the
Competition Act, 2002, case laws, and notifications issued by the Competition Commission of
India. It also intends to bring in concepts of the European Union and United States, where
appropriate, to enable a comparison between the competition law regimes of these countries. All
through, the course will discuss concepts of economics that support the idea of preserving
competition in order to emphasise on the positive relationship between competition and
economic growth.

Unit UNIT 1 No. of

No. Topic: INTRODUCTION CASES FOR REFERENCE Hours
➢ Law Subjects - List of Cases
➢ Social Sciences - Case Studies
/ recommended readings
(List of cases are not exhaustive
- Faculty may discuss or
indicate any additional Cases)

1.1 Genesis and scope of the Indian

Competition Act, 2002.

1.2 Objectives of Competition Law CCI v SAIL

1.3 What is a Market?  Why do we need to With the help of graphs on

understand Markets? efficiency and price determination
in monopolies and perfectly
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competitive markets
1.4 Market Structures

1.5 Ensuring Competition

UNIT 2
Topic: Manner of Procedure and Inquiry under the Act
2.1 Procedure and Manner of enquiry under the - Competition Commission
Act
of India v SAIL [(2010) 10
SCC 744]
2.2 Composition, Powers, Functions, Duties of - M/s. India Glycols Ltd. v.
the Competition Commission of India
Competition Commission
of India, [IA 45 of 2013 in
Appeal No. 25 of 2013]
- M/s. Shri Ashtavinayak
Cine Vision Limited Ltd.
v.v PVR Picture Ltd.,
[2013 CompLR368 (CCI)]

2.3 Exclusion of Jurisdiction of Civil Courts

2.4 Competition Law and Intersectoral - Telefonaktiebolaget LM

Regulation
Ericsson (Publ) v.
Competition Commission
of India and Another,
[W.P.(C) 464 of 2014]
- CCI v Bharti Airtel &
Ors. [(2019) 2
SCC 521]

UNIT 3
Topic: Anti-competitive Agreements

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3.1 ‘Agreement’- section 2 (b) Re Suo Moto Bengal
Chemists and
Druggists
Association case
[Case no. 01 of
2013, CCI]
Builders Association of
India vs. Cement
manufacturers
Association of India
and Others [2012
CompLR 629 (CCI)]

3.2 ‘Enterprise’- section 2 (h) Surender Singh Barmi v

BCCI
[2013CompLR297(
CCI)]
Rajat Verma v PWD
[2018 TaxPub(CL)
0839 (CCI)]
3.3 Horizontal and Vertical Agreements- A Ramakant Kini v LH
details discussion
Hiranandani
Hospital [014 SCC
OnLine CCI 15];
Sonam Sharma v.
Apple Inc. and
others, [Case No.
24 of 2011]; M/S
ESYS Information
Technologies Pvt.
Ltd v. Intel
Corporation, [2014
CompLR 1132
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(CCI)]; Consumer
Online Foundation
v Tata Sky Ltd &
Ors. [Case no.
2/2009; CCI]; Re:
M/s Fx Enterprise
Solutions India
Pvt. Ltd. v M/s
Hyundai Motor
India Ltd. [2017
SCCOnline CCI
26] ; M/s Jasper
Infotech Private
Ltd. v Ms. Kaff
Appliances India
Pvt. Ltd
3.4 Procedural Issues Re: Aluminum Phosphide
Tablets Manufacturers case-
[2012 Comp LR 753 (CCI)];
Delhi Jal Board vs. Grasim
Industries Ltd. and Ors [Case
no. 03 & 04 of 2013, CCI].

3.5 Exceptions to Section 3 FICCI Multiplex Association of

India v. United
Producers/Distributors Forum,
[2011 CompLR 79 (CCI)]

UNIT 4
Topic: Abuse of Dominant Position

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4.1 Relevant Market Sonam Sharma v Apple and
Ors. [2013 CompLR 346
(CCI)]
M/s GHCL Limited v. M/s
Coal India Limited, [Case
No. 08 of 2014 (CCI)];
matrimony.Com Limited v.
Google LLC & Ors [2018
CompLR 101 (CCI)]
4.2 Dominant Position Belaire Owner’s Association
v. DLF Limited [2011
CompLR 0239 (CCI)]; R & R
Tech Mach Limited v. New
Okhla Industrial Development
Authority, [Case No. 09/2014
(CCI)] ; Mr. Larry Lee
Mccallister v. M/s Pangea3
Legal Database Systems Pvt.
Ltd., [Case No. 66/2013
(CCI)]

4.3 Abuse of Dominant Position Jio case [Civil Appeal

No(S). 11843 of
2018]
Fast Track Call Cab Ltd.
v. ANI Technologies
[Case No. 6 & 74 of
2015, CCI]
4.4 Abuse of Dominance and Sports Dhanraj Pillai v M/s Hockey
India [2013 COMP LR
543 (CCI)]
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4.5 Abuse of Dominance and the doctrine of Arshiya Rail Infrastructure
Essential Facilities
Limited and KRIBHCO
Infrastructure Limited V
Ministry of Railways and
Container Corporation of
India Ltd.; Case Nos. 64/2010,
2/2011 CCI.

UNIT 5
Topic: Regulation of Combinations
5.1 Combinations and Types of Combinations

5.2 Need to regulate combinations

5.3 Section 5 and Section 6

5.4 Exemptions under the Act

5.5 Case Study Jet-Etihad [Combination

Registration No. C-2013/05/122]
; Vodafone-Idea (Combination
Registration No. C-2017/04/502)

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Text Books
Minimum Two Text Books
Sl. Author/s Title of the Book Edition and Publisher
No.

1 Abir Roy & Competition Law in Kluwer Law International B. V., 2016.
Jayant Kumar, India

2 T Ramappa, Competition Law in OUP, 3rd Edition

India: Policy, Issues
and Developments,

Books for Reference

Minimum Two Reference Books
Sl. Author/s Title of the Book Edition and Publisher
No.

1 Philips E. Fundamentals of Anti- ASPEAN Publications, 2006.

Areeda & H. Trust Law
Hovenkoup,,

2 Richard Whish Competition Law 8th ed.- Oxford University Press, 2015.
and David
Bailey

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