𝐂𝐂𝐈 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞: 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭

Partner, G R Bhatia, was quoted in Business Standard in a story titled – “𝐂𝐂𝐈 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞: 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞’𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭.”

The Competition Commission Of India had found Google to have allegedly abused its dominant position in contravention of the Competition Act, 2002. However, in its latest appeal before the Supreme Court of India, Google alleges that the tribunal ignored relevant evidence and relied on what was irrelevant and unreliable.

Mr. Bhatia shared his insights, stating – “𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒅-𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝑪𝑰. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒏 ‘𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆’ 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝒆𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒎 (𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒎) 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝑪𝑰 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 ‘𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔’ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 ‘𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓’.”