Madras HC grants interim relief to Disney+ Hotstar in Google Play Store billing matter
Novi Digital Entertainment, a subsidiary of Disney-owned Star India, has gotten interim relief from the Madras High Court following their plea against the Google Play Store's new billing system. Novi Digital owns and operates India's leading streaming app Disney+ Hotstar. In an interim order on Tuesday, the Madras High Court restrained Google from delisting the Disney+ Hotstar streaming app from its official app store.
It has also asked Novi Digital to pay a 4% commission to Google on the downloads through the Play Store. Novi Digital, which is the fifteenth company to challenge the Google Play Store's new billing system, moved the HC yesterday. The matter, however, came up for a hearing today.
The company refused to comment on the Madras HC verdict. Earlier, Matrimony.com, People Interactive, Info Edge India, Arha Media and Broadcasting, Primetrace Technologies, Cold Brew Tech, Mebigo Labs, Crescere Technologies, Verve Mobile, Catchup Technologies, Sorting Hat Technologies, Alt Digital Media Entertainment, Nasadiya Technologies, and Ananda Vikatan Digital had challenged the new billing policy of Google. Novi Digital was represented by senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Satish Parasaran, who argued for a similar interim arrangement between Disney+ Hotstar and Google Play Store as the other petitioners in the case.
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