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Centre for Research in Competition Law and Policy

About Centre

Centre for Research in Competition Law and Policy was established by Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur (DNLU) on 24th February 2020 after the Competition Commission of India empanelled DNLU into a panel of reputed institutions having expertise in law, economics, finance, and management for Competitive Assessment of Economic Bills and Legislations. The intent of the formation of this Centre is to pursue and encourage innovative scholarship and research in Competition Law. The Centre aims to focus only on the areas of Competition law both nationally and internationally, which will provide the students, academicians, researchers and other professionals with a more in-depth and holistic understanding of the subject and help them to pursue their interest in the subject. The wide activities intended to be undertaken by the Centre will ensure that the key stakeholders are given enough opportunities to learn.

Faculty Members

Mr. Ankit Srivastava

Director

Students Researchers

Centre Objectives

  • Contribute to national and international debates through engaging in dynamic and internationally relevant research.
  • Collaborate with the Competition Commission of India and other government organizations, higher educational institutions, individuals and academicians at other higher educational institutions and professional member organizations in broadening the scope of academic endeavor, and to transfer knowledge beyond the academic sector.
  • Participate in debates on law reform and policy development at both national and international levels.
  • Organize Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Moot Courts and Colloquia at various levels, and to promote collaborative engagement in large-scale and long-term research projects.
  • Act as a supportive and collaborative forum for research, and encourage and foster the participation of early career researchers and postgraduate students

Centre Activities

  • CRCLP started its own blog, published 1st issue of its bi-annual newsletter, and its members have contributed by way of scholarly articles and blogs

Centre Publications

  • Published a research paper titled "Competition Law in Asia: The Interplay of Power Dynamics in the Digital Market" in Lentera Hukum which is published by the University of Jember, Indonesia. The research paper is co-authored by Ankit Srivastava (Director of CRCLP) and Aditi Richa Tiwari (Student Head of the Centre)
  • Published a research paper titled "Digital Economy, Data, and Dominance: An Indian Perspective" in the CCI Journal of Law and Policy. The paper is co-authored by Ankit Srivastava (Director of CRCLP) & Divyansha Kumar (Ph. D Scholar, Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Symbiosis International Deemed University, Noida)
  • Published a research paper titled "Competition Law Enforcement in the era of Platform Economics in India" in the Army Institute of Law Journal. The paper is co-authored by Ankit Srivastava (Director of CRCLP) & Divyansha Kumar (Ph. D Scholar, Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Symbiosis International Deemed University, Noida)
  • Published an article titled "ESL v. UEFA: Federation(s) Actions Transgress Principles of Competition?" in the HNLU CCLS Blog. The article is co-authored by Shubham Gandhi and Tanish Gupta (student members of CRCLP)
  • Published an article titled "Amazon & Flipkart v. CCI: Regulating the Unregulated E-Commerce Market" in Vedanam Blog, CAN Foundation. The article is co-authored by Tanish Gupta and Shubham Gandhi (student members of CRCLP)
  • Published an article titled "Redefining the Scope of Section 3(1): Towards a Purposive Interpretation" in the CBCL Blog of NLIU. The article is co-authored by Shubham Gandhi (student member of CRCLP) and Aditya Puri (Fourth year student at the Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur)
  • Published an article titled "Regulation of Smart Contract through the prism of Consumer Protection" in the CLT Blog, NLIU. The article is authored by Priyansh Bharadwaj (student member of CRCLP)
  • Published an article titled "Weighing the Consumer Protection (E-commerce) (Amendment) Rules 2021 with the Perspective of Competition Law" in the CRCLP Blog, DNLU. The article is authored by Kalyani Pandey (student member of CRCLP)