The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Delhi agrees to hear the petition filed by Google against the CCI order of October 25, 2022, directing the tech giant to deposit 10 percent penalty amount of Rs. 936.44 crore in the case Alphabet Inc & Ors vs Competition Commission of India & Ors
The Supreme Court will take up Google's petition on January 16, challenging an order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), which upheld the imposition of Rs 1,337 crore penalty by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on the tech giant for abusing its dominant position.
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has directed Google to deposit 10 percent of Rs 1337.76 as fine imposed on it by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) before the hearing begins in the matter
The Competition Commission of India, India’s anti-trust and competition regulator, has levied a fine of Rs 936.44 crore on Google for misusing its predominance concerning its Play Store policies. Significantly, it lays down India’s first authorized view on in-app payments by OS operators such as Google and Apple.
In its newest conflict with the government of India, Twitter has opposed a series of blocking orders issued by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on the grounds that they are “procedurally and substantially deficient” and violate the provisions of Section 69A of the IT Act 2000.