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2 Part 2 Indian J. Integrated Rsch. L. 1 (2022)
Case Analysis of Bharti Airtel Ltd. v. Reliance Industries Ltd. and Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd.

handle is hein.journals/injloitd3 and id is 1055 raw text is: Indian Journal of Integrated Research in Law CASE ANALYSIS OF BHARTI AIRTEL LTD. V. RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD. AND RELIANCE JIO INFOCOM LTD. Tejaswa Mishra & Punyashree S. Biswal, Dhannashastra National Law University, Jabalpur (M.P) Brief background of the case Bharati Airtel Limited filed a case against Reliance Industries Limited and Reliance Jio Infocom Limited alleging infringement of the provisions of sections 3 and 4 of the Competition Act, 2002. The allegations made by Bharti Airtel (informant) are against the services offered by Reliance Jio Infocom Limited (OP 2). It was contended by the informant that OP2 was supported by Reliance Industries (OP 1) in that all losses sustained by OP2 in its preliminary months of providing pro bono services to furnish to its subscriber base were sheltered by OP1, thereby executing an anti-competitive agreement and causing abuse of dominant position through predatory pricing. Progressive History The Competition Commission of India (CCI) acted upon receiving information under section 19(1)(a) of the Competition Act 2002 and passed an order under Section 26(2) of the Act. Information was bequeathed by Bharati Airtel regarding occurrence of an anti-competitive agreement and abuse of dominant position through predatory pricing. The Commission examined the information provided by the informant in its ordinary meeting on 23-02-2017 and also conducted a preliminary conference with both the parties regarding the documents filed by the informant against OP1 and OP2. Issues Bharati Airtel has alleged three contentions against Reliance Industries Limited and Reliance Jio Infocom Limited. These are as follows: 1. The resources amount to predatory pricing and is direct contravention to section 4 (2)(a)(ii) of the competition act of 2002. Page: 1 Volume II Issue V I ISSN: 2583-0538