Analysis of Conflict Between CCI and Sectoral Regulators: Challenges and Solution

The competition Commission of India (CCI) is vested with an extraordinarily power or duty under the legislative framework of Section 18 to eliminate practices having adverse effects on competition, to promote and sustain competition and to ensure freedom of trade. The mandate given to the CCI by the law overlaps with the jurisdiction of the sector-specific regulators such as Telecomm Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI), Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority(IRDA)etc. This research paper focuses to analyse this overlapping and provide solutions thereof.