Google has tasted another setback in India in its fight with the Antitrust regulator, Competition Commission of India (“CCI/Commission”). The appeal filed by Google against the CCI last order dated 20.10.2022 has been dismissed on merits and, except for some reliefs on some of the market correction directions issued by the CCI in its said…
Has Google finally conceded its alleged anti-competitive conduct in India? Or it is a mere delaying tactic to pacify India’s furious Antitrust regulatory regime , which seems to be bent upon teaching Google a lesson or two like those in the European Union and United States . On 25th January 2023, Google announced changes…
Google invites yet another Antitrust investigation by the Indian Fair Market watchdog, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for its market behaviour in online general web search and advertising services. This most recent order against Google in India is clearly a consequential effect of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) June 2019 Digital Platform…
So, has Google got it wrong this time? Recently, the Delhi High Court has rapped the internet Giant for “threatening” to sue the Fair Market Regulator, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) itself for the “leak” of the confidential investigation report of its investigative arm, the director general, in the media leading to headline stories…
Google’s agreements with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) of smart TV/mobile manufacturers have invited yet another Antitrust investigation by the Indian Fair Market watchdog, the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The CCI vide its order dated 22 June 2021, has directed an investigation upon finding a prima facie case of abuse of dominance against Google for…
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…
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
