Google moves Supreme Court for not getting interim relief on CCI order

Global tech giant Google has moved the Supreme Court seeking relief on the ground of delay in hearing its appeal filed before the NCLAT against the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) verdict on abuse of its dominance in the Android mobile ecosystem. Google has said in its petition that the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has failed to assess the consequences of denying it interim relief. According to the company, “In the absence of interim relief, it will have to make changes in the status quo maintained for 14-15 years and from January 19, it will also have to change its entire business model.”

This petition of Google is going to be heard on Monday. In this, it has challenged the NCLAT’s move to refuse interim relief against the CCI order. In October last year, the Competition Commission had imposed a fine of about Rs 2,200 crore on Google, accusing it of hurting competition. Of this, a fine of Rs 1,337.76 crore was imposed for abusing its dominant position with respect to the Android system used in 97 per cent of mobile phones.

At the same time, a fine of Rs 936 crore was imposed regarding the policies related to Play Store. Google had appealed against this order in NCLAT but it did not get any interim relief from there. The tribunal had on January 4 refused to stay the CCI order, saying the appeal was filed on December 20, two months after the order came. However, denying this, Google has said in its petition that the CCI order is going to be effective from January 19, 2023 and it had appealed in NCLAT a month before that. He has said that he cannot be penalized for exercising his right of appeal.

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