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Competition Law Insolvency

Markets Constructed through Insolvency: Deferred Control, Finality, and the Structural Limits of Competition Law

Himanshu Yadav Insolvency Beyond Rescue: Engineering Opacity at the Intersection of Competition and Resolution Law The discourse relating to the interface between the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has been plagued mainly by procedural impediments, long timelines, sequential clearance requirements and lapses in corporate defence mechanisms. Practitioners look […]

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Insolvency

When Recall Becomes a Door to Delay: Procedural Abuse and Finality in Insolvency Adjudication: Part 2

Shivangi Nawalkha & Shreshtha Saha Ray In Part I, we examined how recall jurisdiction, though conceived as a narrow corrective safeguard, has increasingly been deployed as a strategic instrument of delay in insolvency proceedings. Part II builds on that diagnosis by examining the jurisprudential boundaries of recall and articulating a principled reform framework. Case Studies […]

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Insolvency

When Recall Becomes a Door to Delay: Procedural Abuse and Finality in Insolvency Adjudication: Part 1

Shivangi Nawalkha & Shreshtha Saha Ray Introduction The power of the National Company Law Tribunal’s (“NCLT”) and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal’s (“NCLAT”) power to recall their own orders is a blunt yet indispensable judicial instrument. It operates as a corrective safeguard to prevent the miscarriage of justice, to nullify orders procured by fraud or […]

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Competition Law Insolvency

BEFORE THE WHISTLE: CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON INDIA’S GUN JUMPING SHIFT

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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Competition Law Insolvency

RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK: SYNCHRONISING COMPETITION AND INSOLVENCY LAW

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 […]