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CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON WHETHER THE COMPETETION ACT

BENEFITED OR NOT

The Competition Act of India is quite broad and was designed to fulfil the
requirements of growth in the economy and worldwide economic trends
concerning competition law. As a result, the competition law of 2002 is
recognized as a historic law. This legislation does not allow misuse of power. This
law primarily promotes competition in the market while also providing flexibility
in the distribution of income to firms of all sizes in order to boost the industry’s
commercial viability. Though the entire law has still not been implemented, the
adoption of the entire Act will undoubtedly increase market competitiveness on a
national and worldwide scale.
Though there exists several benefits, but there remains certain drawbacks which
the legislators of the Act did not take into account –
1) The basic idea of collective dominance is missing in the Competition Act
despite its critical importance in a changing economy like India.
2) The complexity of competition law analysis, along with the lack of
organizational endowment in most emerging economies, may end up doing
more harm than benefit, as the risk of making incorrect conclusions is quite
high.
3) The government has the authority to overrule the CCI. Such limitations
have a significant impact on the CCI’s autonomy and effectiveness.

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