Anti-competition

Anti-Competitive Agreements-Underlying Concepts &Principles under the Competition Act, 2002

Competition commission of India

DISSERTATION

ON

“Anti-competitive Agreements-UNDERLYING concepts &

PRINCIPLES under the Competition ACt, 2002”

In the partial fulfilment of internship programme at Competition Commission of India

January- 2012

Under the supervision of:-

Mr. Manoj Pandey

(Director Law)

Submitted By

Pratima Singh Parihar

(LL.M II- Year)Business Law

National Law Institute University, Bhopal (M.P.)

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Anti-Competitive Agreements-Underlying Concepts &Principles under the Competition Act, 2002

DISCLAIMER

This project report has been prepared by the author as an intern under the Internship Programme of the Competition Commission of

India for the period of one month from 2nd January 2012 to 31st

January 2012, for academic purposes only. The views expressed in the report are personal to the intern and do not reflect the views of the Commission or any of its staff or personnel and do not bind the

Commission in any manner. This report is the intellectual property of the Competition Commission of India and the same or any part thereof may not be used in any manner whatsoever, without express permission of the Competition Commission of India in writing.

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Anti-Competitive Agreements-Underlying Concepts &Principles under the Competition Act, 2002

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am thankful to Competition Commission of India for accepting me as an intern and providing me with the appropriate guidance and material to convert my synopsis into this paper.

I am fortunate to be provided with an opportunity to write my paper under the kind supervision of Mr. Manoj Pandey, Director (Law). This paper would not have been possible without his valuable inputs,

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