About Us

The Competition Law Bar Association is constituted as an association of Advocates and was formed on November 27, 2009 at New Delhi a few months after certain provisions of the Competition Act were made effective from May 2009. It was initially named as Competition Appellate Tribunal Bar Association but renamed as Competition Law Bar Association on March 16, 2010. This Association was inaugurated by Dr. Justice Arijit Pasayat, the Hon'ble Chairman of the Competition Appellate Tribunal in the presence of Mr. Rahul Sarin (IAS) and Smt. Pravin Tripathi, Members of the Competition Appellate Tribunal on January 11, 2010. The inaugural function was felicitated by Mr. Dhanendra Kumar, Chairman, Competition Commission of India and legal luminaries like Mr. Fali S. Nariman, Senior Advocate and other senior members of the profession.

The Association has been recognised by the Competition Appellate Tribunal and has been allotted Bar rooms in its premises. Accordingly, the office of the Association is presently situated at the premises of the office of the Competition Appellate Tribunal at (a) Kota House Annexee, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi – 110 0011, and (b) 19th Floor, Jawahar Vyapar Bhawan, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi – 110 001.