Competition commission rejects Ajay Devgn’s YRF plea

Actor-producer, Ajay Devgn’s complaint alleging abuse of dominant market position by Yash Raj Films has been rejected by the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

The commission said that there were no violations of competition norms in the case after Devgn alleged that Yash Raj Films was using its dominant position to ask exhibitors to dedicate more screens to its own upcoming release, ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’. He said, this was affecting his film ‘Son of Sardar’, which releases on the same day – Tuesday 13th November.

The order said, “The Commission is prima facie of the opinion that there is no contravention of the provisions of the (Competition) Act in the present case. It was argued by the counsels for the informant that the opposite parties were dominant because Opposite Party was big banner production house and had big name and had given several block buster films. No enterprise can be considered dominant on the basis of big name. Dominance has to be determined as per law on the basis of market share, economic strength and other relevant factors stated under… the Competition Act.”