NCLAT refuses interim relief to Google on ₹936-cr penalty imposed by CCI
The HinduThe National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on January 11 declined to grant interim relief to Google seeking a stay on competition watchdog CCI’s penalty of ₹936.44 crore on the tech giant for abusing its dominant position with respect to Play Store policies. Last week, the NCLAT also declined to stay another CCI order, in which it had slapped a penalty of ₹1,337.76 crore on Google for anti-competitive practices in relation to Android mobile devices. Google had subsequently said it is “pausing” enforcement of the requirement for developers to use Play’s billing system for the purchase of digital goods and services for transactions by users in India while it reviews legal options, in the aftermath of the recent ruling by the CCI. “Following the CCI’s recent ruling, we are pausing enforcement of the requirement for developers to use Google Play’s billing system for the purchase of digital goods and services for transactions by users in India while we review our legal options and ensure we can continue to invest in Android and Play,” Google said in an update on help centre page on November 1.