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Delhi High Court refuses urgent hearing to Google's appeal against order directing CCI hearing

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has summoned Google and Indian startups on April 25 to hear the latter's plea against the tech giant's new in-app user choice billing policy.

April 25, 2023 / 11:34 IST
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A Division Bench of Delhi High Court on April 25 refused to urgently hear an appeal by Google against the single judge order asking the Competition Commission of India to hear applications moved by Indian startups against Google's user choice billing system.

The CCI is slated to hear the applications by startups at 2:30 PM on April 25.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has summoned Google and Indian startups on April 25 to hear the latter's plea against the tech giant's new in-app user choice billing policy.

CCI is also likely to ask about Google's compliance status with its October 2022 order where it asked the tech giant to not restrict app developers from using any third-party billing or payment processing services to purchase apps or for in-app billing on Google Play besides a range of corrective measures to modify the company's app payment policies.

On April 24, in a plea by a bunch of Indian startups, Delhi High Court asked the CCI to hear applications moved against Google's user choice billing system.

Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF), a think tank, moved court against the competition regulator and the search engine giant, seeking CCI to urgently investigate Google's user choice billing system (UCB) as it violates the anti-trust watchdog's October 25, 2022 order. Google is to introduce the new billing system on April 26.

S.N.Thyagarajan
first published: Apr 25, 2023 11:02 am

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