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Competition Commission of India v. Bharti Airtel Ltd. (2018): why the sectoral regulator goes first

On 5 December 2018, the Supreme Court settled the boundary between TRAI and the CCI in the Jio interconnection dispute. It held that where a grievance is rooted in the telecom licensing framework, TRAI — the specialised regulator — must first determine the jurisdictional facts before the CCI can act. A digest of the sequencing doctrine, the verbatim reasoning, and why the two regimes are complementary rather than exclusionary.