The
Competition Commission of India (CCI) has rejected allegations of abuse of
dominant market position by Ansal Township and Land Development with regard to
the realty company's commercial project in Jalandhar, Punjab.
Fair trade
regulator CCI held that no prima facie case was made out against Ansal for
causing a probe by the Director General (investigations) as the company did not
appear to be in a dominant position in the relevant market.
The
complaint filed by an individual was against Ansal Township and Land
Development, its MD Mr. Pranav Ansal, and joint managing director and CEO Mr.
Anil Kumar.
It was
alleged that Ansal had abused its dominant position with regard to allotment of
commercial space in its project 'Ansal Highway Plaza', a shopping mall in
Jalandhar.
As per the
complainant, among other things, Ansal without giving any prior notice to the
allottees and proper reason had illegally shut down the shopping mall in March,
2011.
In an
order dated April 15, the watchdog said that the "presence of large number
of players in the relevant market itself indicates that the consumers have
choice and are not solely dependent on opposite party No. 1 (Ansal)".
"Since
the opposite party No. 1 does not appear to be in a dominant position in the
relevant market, the question of abuse of dominant position by it does not
arise," the fair trade watchdog added.
As per the
order, the relevant market in this case has been defined as "the market of
services for development and sale of commercial space in shopping malls in the
geographical area Jalandhar".
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