Adv. Abhay Dubey, Practising Advocate, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur BBA LLB (Hons.), Amity University Madhya Pradesh ABSTRACT India’s proposed Digital Competition Bill (DCB) represents a paradigmatic shift in the nation’s competition law jurisprudence, transitioning from a reactive, ex-post enforcement model to a preventive, ex-ante regulatory architecture. This article critically examines the structural rationale for such a framework, the concomitant risks of regulatory overreach,...