Competition Commission of India

By Shivanand Pandit A...

The Delhi High Court on ...

Delhi High Court division bench was hearing an appeal preferred by the social media platforms challenging the order passed by the Single Judge wherein the Single Judge refused to interfere with the ’s probe for investigation against the platform’s new privacy policy.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay inquiry against e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart by the Anti-Competitive Commission for alleged Competition Law Violations, stating "Big Corporates like Amazon and Flipkart should be subject to transparency and inquiry."

The Delhi High Court on Friday deferred to August 27, hearing on the appeal filed by WhatsApp and its parent company Facebook, challenging the order passed by the Single-Judge Bench, wherein the Single Judge refused to interfere with the Competition Commission of India's probe for investigation

The Supreme Court is currently hearing a matter on whether an emergency arbitration award won by Amazon in the Singapore International Arbitration Centre is valid and whether the Future Group can be restrained from completing the transaction

The Counsel for the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has agreed that no precipitate action will be taken against WhatsApp of Facebook before the hearing of the case against a notice from the CCI.

Messaging giant Whatsapp has defended its new privacy policy in the Delhi High Court, stating that the latest update will not affect the privacy of personal messages of users.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on the petition filed by social media giants Facebook and WhatsApp challenging the Competition Commission of India (CCI) order directing investigation against the two over the new privacy policy of the messaging application.

Whatsapp announced an update to its privacy policy on January 2021 deepening its integration with Facebook especially in the realm of business messaging features.