CCI dismisses allegation of leveraging of dominance for Google Meet Application

CCI dismisses allegation of leveraging of dominance for Google Meet Application The Competition Commission of India (CCI) vide its order dated 29 January 2021 has dismissed an apparently speculative and mischievous information filed by a law student against Google’s alleged leverage of its dominant position in Gmail to protect and promote its market position in…

WhatsApp’s new data privacy policy in India-CCI investigation to continue? Delhi High Court refuses to intervene.

The legal and regulatory tide seems to be blowing against WhatsApp and Facebook in India. The Delhi High Court vide its recent judgment pronounced today , the 22 April 2021 , has refused to stay the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) order dated 24 March 21 directing investigation against WhatsApp’s new data privacy policy for…

Uber and Ola finally win antitrust case in India -Supreme Court upholds NCLAT decision -No Hub and Spoke cartel – (but importantly rejects NCLAT decision on lack of locus standi )

The Supreme Court of India vide its judgement dated 15.12. 2020 has upheld the concurrent findings on merits of Competition Commission of India (“CCI/ Commission”) dated 06.11.2018 and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”) order dated 29.05.2020, wherein allegation of use of algorithmic pricing to facilitate price fixing cartel made against taxi aggregators, Ola…

CCI ORDERS ANOTHER INVESTIGATION AGAINST GOOGLE’S ALLEGED ABUSE OF DOMINANCE BY GOOGLE PAY IN THE MARKET FOR ONLINE APP BASED PAYMENTS

This case provides the third instance in which CCI directed investigation into specific conducts by Google and is an off shoot of the investigation underway against Google for allegedly leveraging its dominant position in the markets for licensable Android OS for Smartphone manufacturers and the market for App stores for its Android OS to protect its market position in the market for App facilitating payment though UPIs, in terms of specific provisions of Section 4(2)(e) of the Act. Noticeably, CCI has directed investigation only in two , though major allegations , while dismissing three other allegations of favoritism, manipulations etc.by Google in it search results for Google Pay in the absence of any tangible evidence

CCI dismisses allegations of abuse of dominance and exclusive arrangements against Amazon in the menswear fashion retail market

CCI dismisses allegations of abuse of dominance and exclusive arrangements against Amazon in the menswear fashion retail market By way of order dated 11.09.2020, the Competition Commission of India (“Commission/CCI”) has dismissed allegations of: (i) abuse of dominance and (ii) concluding exclusive agreements with Amazon Export Sales LLC and Cloudtail India Pvt Ltd (“Cloudtail”) against…

CCI dismisses allegations on WhatsApp and Facebook for abuse of dominance in digital payments market

CCI dismisses allegations on WhatsApp and Facebook for abuse of dominance in digital payments market By way of order dated 18.08.2020, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has dismissed allegations of abuse of dominance by WhatsApp Inc (“WhatsApp”) and Facebook Inc (“Facebook”) in the market for internet-based messaging application through smartphones to manipulate another market…

CCI again refrains from imposing penalty in a bid rigging cartel for supply of composite brake blocks to Indian Railways due to COVID 19

CCI again refrains from imposing penalty in a bid rigging cartel for supply of composite brake blocks to Indian Railways due to COVID 19     By way of order dated 10 July 2020, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI/Commission”) found 10 suppliers of different types of Composite Brake Blocks (CBBs) to Indian Railways having…

NCLAT redefines limitation in filing competition appeals

NCLAT redefines limitation in filing competition appeals   By way of judgement dated 29 May 2020, the Hon’ble National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (“NCLAT”) has dismissed an appeal against order dated 28 November 2017 passed by the Competition Commission of India (“CCI/Commission”) in favour of NIIT Limited (“NIIT”) primarily on the ground that the time…