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Google has filed a legal…

It was confirmed that the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has refused to grant a stay on the appeal Google has raised against the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) judgment.Google late last month approached the appellate tribunal to appeal the CCI decision to penalise the tech giant Rs 1,338 crore for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in the Android mobile device ecosystem."We welcome the NCLAT order not granting a stay on directions passed by the CCI. The CCI directions were passed…

Google is preparing to approach India's Supreme Court within days to try to block a ruling by the country's antitrust watchdog that will force the US company to change how it markets its Android platform, two people familiar with its strategy told Reuters. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in October fined the Alphabet unit $161 million for exploiting its dominant position in the market for Android which powers 97% of smartphones in India, a key growth region for the US giant. Google, however, has been worried…

The Competition Commission is understood to have issued demand notices to Google for its failure to pay within the stipulated time the penalties imposed on the internet major for anti-competitive practices, according to sources. Google has filed appeals before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) against the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) two orders in October. The appeals are yet to be heard by the tribunal. The Competition Commission is understood to have issued demand notices to Google for…

A parliamentary panel called Big Tech’s ad business “a monopolist threat” and asked the government to act early and head off anti-competitive behaviour in digital markets. It also suggested digital competition legislation to ensure a fair, transparent and contestable ecosystem in the country. Big Tech’s ad business is a “monopolist threat as it owns every step in a system that connects ad sellers and buyers and give the Big Tech companies an unfair edge over the market,” the standing committee on finance said in its…

Google said it has approached the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) to appeal the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) decision to penalise the tech giant Rs 1,338 crore for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in the Android mobile device ecosystem.In a statement to IANS, Google said it has decided to appeal the CCI's decision on Android as "we believe it presents a major setback for our Indian users and businesses who trust Android's security features, and potentially raising the cost of…

The recent order by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in the Google case may appear developer-friendly, but in practice, it may have a practical and financial impact on the developers, especially the startups, according to legal experts.The CCI fined Google Rs 936.44 crore on October 25 for abusing its dominant position with regards to its Play Store Billing and payment policy, a few days after the regulator slapped a fine of Rs 1,338 crore for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets with its Android…

Alphabet's Google was fined 9.36 billion Indian rupees on Tuesday as India concluded yet another antitrust probe this month, finding the US tech firm guilty of abusing its market position to promote its payments app and in-app payment system.It was fined $162 million (roughly Rs. 1,341 crore) by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday for anticompetitive practices related to Android.On Friday Google said that the Indian antitrust watchdog's decision to fine it Rs. 1338 crore for anti-competitive practices…

Google's head of public policy for India has resigned just five months after taking the job, two sources told Reuters, at a potentially critical time for the US tech giant as it awaits the outcome of at least two antitrust cases in the country.The reasons for Archana Gulati's resignation were not immediately clear.Gulati, who previously worked at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's federal think-tank, declined to comment. A spokesperson for Alphabet's Google also declined to comment.Google is facing a series of antitrust cases…

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