Mr. Sajjan Khaitan v. Eastern India Motion Picture Association & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
The Competition Commission held that Eastern India Motion Picture Association and the Co-ordination Committee restricted telecast of a dubbed serial via joint action. The Commission found this an anti-competitive agreement violating Section 3(3)(b) as it limited distribution and supply of dubbed content, though no fresh penalty was imposed.
What did the court decide?
Directed OP-1 to dispense with rules prohibiting dubbed films and OP-2 to not impose restrictions on distribution and exhibition of films or TV serials.
What the court decided
BEFORE THE
COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA Case No. 16/2011
Dated:
Mr. Sajjan Khaitan
Proprietor, M/s Heart Video, 65A, Nimtalla Ghat Street,
Kolkata - 700006
- Informant
- Eastern India Motion Picture Association, EIMPA House, 98E, B.N. Sircar Sarani, Kolkata - 700072
-through Sh. Manas Kumar Chaudhuri, Advocate.
- The General Secretary,
- Co-ordination Committee of Artist and Technicians
Of West Bengal Film and Television Industry,
Issues for consideration
3 issues framed by the court
Whether EIMPA and the Coordination Committee imposed restrictions on the telecast of dubbed serial Mahabharata?
Whether the act of restricting telecast of the said serial is in violation of provisions of the Competition Act, 2002?
Whether the Conduct of the associations constitutes an anti-competitive practice under Section 3 of the Act?
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Mr. Sajjan Khaitan
- respondent
Eastern India Motion Picture Association
- respondent
Co-ordination Committee of Artist and Technicians of West Bengal Film and Television Industry
- respondent
Mr. Kunal Ghosh
- respondent
Mr. Sanjoy Das
Case details
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All orders in this case
2 orders share this CNR
- Order 1 — this page
- Order 2
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