<b>Akash Gupt & Shweta Dubey:</b> Nurturing competition

Two or more players can be dominant in a market

In the last few months, several players have approached the Competition Commission of India (or CCI), complaining about the conduct of their competitors with a common theme: The competitors have either engaged in below-cost pricing or are using other strong-arm tactics, such as restricting access to essential facilities. The interesting differentiation in these complaints has been that players are now complaining about two or three big players abusing their dominance, unlike earlier complaints, which usually revolved around one big player bullying smaller players. As CCI deals with such complaints, it may have to revisit its powers under the Competition Act,