Competition and Consumer Law
Goa University · LL.B. Semester 6 · LLB-336
Unit 1 — INTRODUCTION AND EVOLUTION OF COMPETITION LAW
a. Development of Competition Law · b. Economic rationale of Competition Law · c. M.R.T.P ACT, 1969 -Unfair Trade Practices and Failure of the · Act · d. Goals of Competition Law · e. Raghavan Committee Report 2000
Unit 2 — ANTI COMPETITIVE AGREEMENTS
a. Prohibition of Anti competitive Agreements · b. Horizontal and Vertical Agreements · c. Per se illegal practices · d. Price fixing & Bid rigging · e. Appreciable Adverse Effect on competition
Unit 3 — ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION & MERGER
a. Instruments,Regulation, and Remedies of Abuse & dominant · b. Relevant Markets & Predatory pricing · c. Combinations: Merger, Acquisition, Amalgamation and · Cartels · d. Competition Amendment Act 2023 · e. Emerging trends in Competition Law- Intellectual Property and Competition Law
Unit 4 — COMPETITON AUTHORITIES
a. Role and Tools of Competition Authorities · b. Competition Commission of India · c. Director General- powers and mechanism · d. Competition Appellate Tribunal · e. Regulatory mechanism & Penalties
Unit 5 — COMPETITION LAWS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 2019
a. The Consumer Protection Act, 2019- Nature and Scope · b. Relationship between competition law and consumer protection. · c. Provisions in the Competition Act that enforce consumer protection · d. Market Abuses & Consumer Rights · e. Anti-Competitive Practices Affecting Consumers · f. Unfair Trade Practices & Restrictive Trade Practices to consumers
Unit 6 — REMEDIES FOR MARKET ABUSES
a. Consumer Grievance Redressal Mechanism and procedure for consumer complaints. · b. Investigation and enforcement processes · c. Dispute Resolution & Enforcement- Consumer Disputes · Redressal Commission · d. Appeals to National Company Law Appellate Tribunal and · Supreme Court