The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Friday, April 27, asked Google to deposit 10% of the Rs136.86 crore (US$20.5 million) penalty imposed on it by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for “infringing antitrust conduct”, while admitting the company’s appeal against the antitrust regulator’s February 7 order.
A bench headed by S.J. Mukhopadhyay further directed Google to keep displaying, as per the CCI order, a disclaimer in its Commercial Flight Unit box indicating clearly that the “search flights” link placed at the bottom leads to Google’s Flights page, and not the results aggregated by any other third-party service provider, so that users are not misled.
“NCLAT has accepted our appeal for review of aspects of the CCI decision and its associated findings,” a Google spokesperson said.
The CCI had found Google guilty of abusing of its dominant position in “Online General Web Search and Web Search Advertising Services” markets in India through practices leading to search bias and search manipulation.
Full Content: Live Mint
Want more news? Subscribe to CPI’s free daily newsletter for more headlines and updates on antitrust developments around the world.
