While reporting on the initial media news in my earlier blog on the same topic published on 23 April 21 , I had promised to come back with a detailed reporting on the above judgment which was then not uploaded on the website. Now that the full text of the Delhi High Court judgment dated…
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…
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…
WhatsApp has deferred enforcement of its new Privacy Policy in India till May 2021 in the face of opposition from the Indian Government , which is planning to bring in anew Personal Data Protection law …..
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…
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 has again closed allegations of cartelization against Hindalco and Copper Unit of Vedanta , the two largest Copper producers at prim facie stage due to lack of evidence
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…
Make India Competitive-India badly needs a National Competition Policy -Essential for growth in a free market economy The Prime Minister Modi’s vision of achieving US Dollar 5 Trillion Economy by 2025 seems to be under cloud now. The recent Rupees 20 lakh crore economic package to stimulate growth during and post COVID-19 crisis may take…
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…
