New Delhi: Antitrust watchdog has agreed to GoogleA judge said Monday that the company requested to keep certain information confidential during its business investigation, though the regulator denied allegations that it leaked a report on the investigation to the media.
Alphabet Inc’s Google sued the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in a New Delhi court last week, urging a judge to direct the watchdog to stop the leak of information.
The Times of India and Reuters reported this month, citing a confidential CCI report, that the regulator’s investigation found the US tech giant abused its Android operating system’s dominant position in India, citing its “huge financial strength”. misused. “To hurt the competitors.
Google said in a 188-page court filing seen by Reuters that it was aggrieved by the CCI’s refusal of its request made earlier by media reports that it contained “highly commercially sensitive information” that it provided to the regulator during the investigation. Had it. be kept confidential.
On Monday, Justice Rekha Palli said the CCI had agreed to accede to Google’s request to keep its submissions confidential, without going into details of the agreement between the watchdog and the company.
Justice Pally said that if Google “still has any information leak complaints”, it can take legal recourse.
However, Justice said that the CCI had dismissed Google’s allegations that it had leaked any information to the media.
Google and CCI did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
On Friday, in a nearly hour-long court demonstration, Google called the CCI a “habitual offender” for leaking confidential information. The watchdog’s lawyer has repeatedly denied the allegations and accused the US company of thwarting the investigation process.
Google’s filing in court, reviewed by Reuters, said the publication of the findings of the investigation report caused “irreparable damage” to its reputation.
The CCI ordered a competition inquiry in 2019, saying that Google had tried to reduce the ability of device makers to choose alternative versions of their mobile operating systems and to force them to pre-install Google apps. took advantage of dominance.
Reuters reported on 18 September, citing a confidential CCI report, that the watchdog had found the mandatory pre-installation of apps on Android devices to “impose unfair terms on device manufacturers” in violation of India’s competition law.
Alphabet Inc’s Google sued the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in a New Delhi court last week, urging a judge to direct the watchdog to stop the leak of information.
The Times of India and Reuters reported this month, citing a confidential CCI report, that the regulator’s investigation found the US tech giant abused its Android operating system’s dominant position in India, citing its “huge financial strength”. misused. “To hurt the competitors.
Google said in a 188-page court filing seen by Reuters that it was aggrieved by the CCI’s refusal of its request made earlier by media reports that it contained “highly commercially sensitive information” that it provided to the regulator during the investigation. Had it. be kept confidential.
On Monday, Justice Rekha Palli said the CCI had agreed to accede to Google’s request to keep its submissions confidential, without going into details of the agreement between the watchdog and the company.
Justice Pally said that if Google “still has any information leak complaints”, it can take legal recourse.
However, Justice said that the CCI had dismissed Google’s allegations that it had leaked any information to the media.
Google and CCI did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
On Friday, in a nearly hour-long court demonstration, Google called the CCI a “habitual offender” for leaking confidential information. The watchdog’s lawyer has repeatedly denied the allegations and accused the US company of thwarting the investigation process.
Google’s filing in court, reviewed by Reuters, said the publication of the findings of the investigation report caused “irreparable damage” to its reputation.
The CCI ordered a competition inquiry in 2019, saying that Google had tried to reduce the ability of device makers to choose alternative versions of their mobile operating systems and to force them to pre-install Google apps. took advantage of dominance.
Reuters reported on 18 September, citing a confidential CCI report, that the watchdog had found the mandatory pre-installation of apps on Android devices to “impose unfair terms on device manufacturers” in violation of India’s competition law.
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