Last Update: 15 July 2023, 10:32 AM IST
Google and CCI will have to report to the Supreme Court on 10 October.
On October 20 last year, the CCI imposed a fine of Rs 1,337.76 crore on Google for anti-competitive practices with respect to Android mobile devices.
The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on October 10 the cross-petitions of Google and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) challenging an appellate tribunal’s decision in a case related to Google’s alleged anti-competitive practices in Android mobile devices. . Case. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and Manoj Mishra heard the appeal and said it needed some time to prepare for the case.
Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for one of the parties, said the petition may be put up for final disposal later. The bench then said that the cross-petitions may be listed for final disposal on October 10 and the parties would complete the filing of arguments by October 7. The bench also appointed advocate Sameer Bansal as nodal counsel for preparing common digital arguments with the help of lawyers. from both the sides for easy decision of the case.
On March 29, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) had given a mixed verdict on Google’s alleged anti-competitive practices in the case – upholding the Rs 1,338 crore fine but setting aside conditions such as allowing hosting of third-party app stores. Finished it. This is Play Store. While upholding the penalty imposed by CCI for exploiting its dominant position in Android, the NCLAT set aside an anti-trust regulatory order asking Google users to remove their pre-installed apps. Will not ban.
Both Google and CCI came to the Supreme Court against the NCLAT decision. On July 7, the apex court had heard the appeal and adjourned the hearing till July 14 after taking note of the submissions of senior advocate Salve that he was not available.
Earlier, the NCLAT in its 189-page order had upheld six CCI directions, including a direction asking Google to allow users to choose their default search engine during initial device setup, and another It clarified that OEMs cannot be forced to pre-install a bunch of apps. The appellate tribunal asked Google to implement the direction and deposit the amount in 30 days.
The Appellate Tribunal said, “the impugned order of the Commission except for the four directions issued is upheld” and held that Google is “thus not entitled to any relief other than setting aside the aforesaid four directions”. It added, “The appellant (Google) is permitted to deposit the amount of penalty (after adjusting the amount of 10 per cent of the penalty amount deposited under the order dated January 4, 2023) within a period of 30 days from today ”
On October 20 last year, the CCI imposed a fine of Rs 1,337.76 crore on Google for anti-competitive practices with respect to Android mobile devices. The regulator also ordered the internet major to cease and desist from various unfair business practices.
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