Mahadev Krishnan and Nitin Pradhan Introduction In sports, a false start occurs when a runner jumps the gun (i.e., starts before the whistle) and is penalized accordingly. This principle is easy to understand: nobody should gain an unfair advantage by jumping the gun. The same logic applies in the realm of competition law. Gun jumping […]
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Vansh Manuja Introduction Gig workers, a significant part of Indias current economy with the growing popularity of quick commerce platforms are often neglected by the corporate house as well as the legislative. With around 77 lakh (7.7 million) workers were engaged in the gig economy in 2021 expected to expand to 2.35 crore (23.5 million) […]
Gurkaranbir Singh The Supreme Court in Gayatri Balasamy v. ISG Novasoft Technologies Ltd., (“Gayatri Balasamy Judgment”) has now clarified the scope of judicial intervention in respect of modification of arbitral awards. The Court held that a court is empowered not only to set aside an arbitral award but also to modify or vary an arbitral […]
Radhika Gupta and Kanha Pandey PART I I. Introduction Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have been subject to widespread criticism on the ground that they prioritise business interests to such an extent that they often have adverse social consequences, such as job losses in traditional manufacturing sectors due to free imports, heightened poverty in developing countries, […]
Koushiik Kumar Introduction The expansion of digital legal databases has transformed judicial records into globally accessible repositories. This development, while democratising access, has also raised sharp questions of privacy. In Karthick Theodore v. Registrar General (2024), the Madras High Court directed Indian Kanoon to remove a judgment revealing the petitioner’s name and intimate details, despite […]
Divey Pratap Singh Rana Introduction In the case of Independent Sugar Corporation Ltd v. Girish Sriram Juneja, three judge bench of supreme court pronounced a judgement in ratio 2:1 which ruled that the approval of a Resolution Plan (RP) from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) must be taken prior to the approval of the […]
Sejal Sahu and Anenya Sinha Introduction In the recent judgement of Hyeoksoo Son v. Moon June Seok & Anr., the Supreme Court (SC) emphasized that “the rule of law has a responsibility to protect the investments of foreign investors”. While reiterating that the accused had a right to a fair trial, the SC expressed a […]
Manya Gupta Introduction In June 2025, amid escalating hostilities with Israel, the Iranian government declared a near-total internet blackout, cutting off around 97% of the country’s digital connectivity for thirteen days. Officials claimed the move was necessary to prevent further intrusions after an anti-Iranian group, reportedly with Israeli ties, breached Iran’s state-owned bank Sepah and […]
Abhishek Nidasanametla When the Knock Comes: What India’s Competition Regime Isn’t Ready For In recent years, competition authorities abroad have started to treat ‘obstruction’ during dawn raids (“raid”) as a standalone infringement. Very recently, in Finland, the Market Court upheld a fine of EUR 1.5 million against Attendo Suomi after an employee deleted WhatsApp messages and […]
Keshav Maheshwari Introduction: A Crisis of Confidence in a Cashless Revolution India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) stands as a monumental achievement in public digital infrastructure, a system that has dramatically lowered transaction costs and brought millions into the formal financial fold. However, a recent and unforeseen development threatens the very trust upon which this revolution […]
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