Regulation of Combinations Under the Competition Law in India

Abstract

What is the meaning of the term Combination in regards to the Competition Act, 2002? How combinations can be regulated in terms of powers and authority expressly granted to the CCI? How appreciable adverse effect on competition can be evaluated in regards to combinations? What is the procedure of inquiry as so undertaken by the CCI when market competitiveness of a Combination is evaluated? What is the jurisprudential basis of Section 5 & 6 of the Competition Act, 2002, as also of Section 20(4) read in terms with the Combination Regulations 2011? What are the relevant merger thresholds in practice at present? These are some of the moot questions, which the Researcher attempts to answer in this research paper.

Keywords: Regulation of Combinations in India; Section 5 and 6 of the Competition Act of 2002; Section 20(4) of the Competition Act of 2002; Combination Regulations of 2011

JEL Classification: A10, D21, D40, Z00