Hub-and-Spoke Cartels: Enforcement Challenges under India’s Competition Act

Hub-and-Spoke Cartels: Enforcement Challenges under India’s Competition Act

Author: Tejaswini Nair, 4th-year B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Symbiosis Law School Pune INTRODUCTION Hub-and-spoke cartels are a sophisticated form of anti-competitive practice under the Competition Act, 2002[1]. In these arrangements, a central entity, the “hub,” such as a supplier, distributor, or digital platform facilitates coordination among competing firms, the “spokes.”[2] Unlike traditional cartels defined…

Mediation Act, 2023: A Step Towards a Robust Mediation Ecosystem?

Mediation Act, 2023: A Step Towards a Robust Mediation Ecosystem?

Author: Gorantla Bhargav Gandhi, 5th-year B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at CHRIST (Deemed to be a university) Bangalore INTRODUCTION In recent years, the Indian legal system has been under enormous strain – crores of cases pending across all levels of judiciary, litigants waiting for years, and a system struggling to meet the needs of a growing,…

The Curious Case of Vijay Mallya: Kingfisher, Guarantees & the Veil of Law

The Curious Case of Vijay Mallya: Kingfisher, Guarantees & the Veil of Law

Last week, Raj Shamani dropped a bombshell of a podcast featuring an hour-long conversation with Vijay Mallya, the former business tycoon whose fall from grace has been a topic of extensive debate in Indian public discourse. Amidst reflections and rebuttals, Mr. Mallya made one particularly striking claim: “Vijay Mallya has not borrowed a single rupee…

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023: A Constitutional Boon or Democratic Backslide?

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023: A Constitutional Boon or Democratic Backslide?

Author: Vivekanand Ashok Sonage, 5th Year BBA LLB (Hons.), MIT World Peace University, School of Law, Pune INTRODUCTION In the digital world, data has emerged as the new currency, it can be referred to as the fuel of this generation, powering economies, shaping governance, and influencing people’s lives in an unprecedented manner. From social media…

India’s Carbon Market: A Step Forward or A Flawed Plan?

India’s Carbon Market: A Step Forward or A Flawed Plan?

Author: Utkarsh Sharma, 4th Year B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Symbiosis Law School Pune INTRODUCTION Following the agenda of reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions set forth in the Kyoto Protocol, the parliament of India passed the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act of 2022. This amendment added Section 14(w) to the Energy Conservation Act of 2001 (ECA)…

Separate Legal Personality vs. Accountability: A Corporate Law Analysis

Separate Legal Personality vs. Accountability: A Corporate Law Analysis

Author: Lakshya Bansal, 4th-year B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Symbiosis Law School Pune INTRODUCTION The most renowned principle of company law related to the corporate veil was developed through the UK case of Salomon v Salomon & co. Ltd., where Solomon, who was a leather merchant, transferred his business to a company named Solomon &…

Analyzing the Repo Rate Factor Amidst The Covid-19 Pandemic

Analyzing the Repo Rate Factor Amidst The Covid-19 Pandemic

Author: Anushka Maske, 4th-year B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Symbiosis Law School Pune & Samarth Gosavi, 4th-year B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Symbiosis Law School Pune INTRODUCTION Recently, for consecutively for 3rd time since February 2025, RBI cut the repo rates, cutting it by 50 basis points bringing it to 5.50%. It has also cut…

Life insurance and Suicide: Studying Indian and Foreign Legal Framework

Life insurance and Suicide: Studying Indian and Foreign Legal Framework

Author: Priyanka Shelke, 4th-year B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Symbiosis Law School Pune & Samarth Gosavi, 4th-year B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Symbiosis Law School Pune. INTRODUCTION “Dead are also to be respected. It would be against all cannons of a civilised State to impose stigma on a dead man.” – Justice Tejinder Singh Doabia…

Guarding the Persona: Personality Rights, Jurisprudence, and the Threat of Technology

Guarding the Persona: Personality Rights, Jurisprudence, and the Threat of Technology

Author: Jayasurya O Panicker, Advocate, Bombay High Court, Gurkaran Singh, 4th-year B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Symbiosis Law School Pune & Tejaswini Nair, 4th-year B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Symbiosis Law School Pune INTRODUCTION In the digital age, technology reshapes human interactions and creative expression, testing identity protection. The recent controversy involving Shah Rukh Khan,…