CCI order in play store billing case not backed by findings: Google
Competition Commission of India's order holding the company guilty of abuse of its dominant position in the market was pre-emptive and not backed by findings or analysis.
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Alphabet made this submission before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) where it had challenged the competition watchdog's October 2022 order imposing a penalty and certain conditions on Google.
The CCI had slapped a ₹936 crore fine on the search giant, concluding that the company's policies related to the Google Play Store Billing Payment System and integration of the Google Pay payment app into Google Play Store eroded competition in India's digital apps market.
Alphabet's counsel argued that payments through Google Pay on the Play Store make up less than 1% of the total Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions and, therefore, Google wasn't in a position to dominate the market let alone erode competition.
The CCI had narrowly defined the market for investigating if integrating Google Pay into the Play Store resulted in erosion of competition, he argued.
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