Contents
Abbreviations;
List 0/Illustrations ;
List o/Tables ;
Acknowledgements ;
Chapter 1 Investigating the Investigator: The What, Why, and How;
1.1. Literature Review ;
I . 1.1. Intent of Competition Law;
1.1.2. Credibility of Competition Agencies ;
1.1.3. Statutory Positioning of the Competition and DG ;
1.1.4. Inputs from Indian Courts on Role of DG;
1.1.5. Role of Commission - Adjudicatory or Administrative? ;
1.1.6. Importance of institutional Design of a Competition Enforcement Regime;
1.2. Claim or Research Problem;
1.3. Objective, Scope. and Limitations of the Study;
1.4. Research Questions;
1.5. Methodology;
1.5.1. Definitions of Terms and Phrases Used;
Chapter 2 Design of the Indian Competition Act;
2.1. The Competition Commission of India;
2.2. Office of the Director General ;
2.3. Enforcement Provisions ;
2.4. Comparative International Competition Regimes ;
2.4.1. US Competition Regime ;
2.4.1.1. Relevant laws ;
2.4.1.2. Institutions ;
2.4.2. EU Competition Regime ;
2.4.2.1. Relevant laws ;
2.4.2.1. Institutions ;
2.4.3. Japan's Competition Regime ;
2.4.3.1. Relevant laws ;
2.4.3.2. Institutions ;
Chapter 3 Commission's Thoughts on the DG: Deep-dive into Orders ;
3.1. Orders under Section 26(6) ;
3.2. Orders under Section 27 ;
Chapter 4 Probing the Commission's Orders ;
4.1. Method and Analysis ;
4.2. On Evidence ;
4.3. Final Decisions ;
4.4. On Causality and Procedure ;
Chapter 5 Insights into an Institution: What the Analysis Reveals ;
5.1 Answering Research Questions ;
5.1.1. On the Commission's View of the DO Reports ;
5.1.2. On Reasons for Accepting or Rejecting the DO's Reports
5.1.3. On Trends that Emerge from the Reasons given by the Commission
5.1.3.1. On Sufficiency of Evidence ;
5.2. On Policy Concerns ;
Chapter 6 Towards a Robust Commission ;
Appendices;
I Data Collection Matrix on Commission Orders;
II Qualitative Content Analysis on Extracted Commission Orders ;
References and Bibliography;
Court Cases.