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The Supreme Court on Friday decided to list on October 10, 2023, the appeal filed by the tech giant Google challenging the order dated 29.03.2023 passed by the National Company Law appellate Tribunal...

The contest between Google and CCI was among the most high-profile battles globally between a tech giant and a regulator, one that was being followed closely by governments across the world.

The order upheld a penalty imposed earlier on Google by the Competition Commission of India for its anti-competitive conduct in the Android ecosystem, saying some of Google’s practices pointed to an abuse of dominance.

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”), Principal Bench, comprising of Justice Ashok Bhushan (Chairperson) and Dr. Alok Srivastava (Technical Member), while adjudicating an appeal...

Google has announced several changes to the way it operates Android and Google Play Store in India to comply with CCI orders

The competition regulator concluded after a three-and-a-half-year-long investigation that Google abused its dominant position in “multiple markets.”

Among other findings, CCI concluded that mandatory pre-installation of the entire Google Mobile Suite with no option to un-install the same was an unfair condition on device manufacturers.

The CCI imposed a penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore on Google for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in the android mobile device ecosystem.