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Google Has Filed a Lawsuit Against the Indian Competition Commission for Disclosing A Secret Probe Report

Google Has Filed a Lawsuit Against the Indian Competition Commission for Disclosing A Secret Probe Report

Google LLC filed a case at the Delhi High Court, alleging that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) leaked a secret study. The report was written following a two-year inquiry launched by the CCI in April 2019 in response to concerns about Google's alleged misuse of its dominant position in the mobile operating system market through its numerous services.

Google claimed that the CCI leaked the Director-(DG) General's report, which contained sensitive business information about the company, to different media sources including The Times of India, Economic Times, Reuters, and others. The study was 750 pages long, and Google has yet to obtain a copy of the secret document.

Google was found guilty of impeding competition in mobile operating systems by the CCI inquiry. It appears that Google has been imposing and enforcing one-sided contracts on Android devices and app developers in order to ensure that Google's own goods and apps remain dominant in customer usage and choice.

The CCI has refuted all of Google's claims and advised that the company file criminal charges against the media outlets who leaked the DG's report. The CCI also stated that it complied with Section 57 of the Competition Act of 2002, which states that information collected by the CCI may not be shared without the written authorization of the company.

Finally, The court stated that it cannot reach a decision on the zone of secrecy until it has reviewed the contested order and has declined to provide Google any interim remedy. The case has been rescheduled for a hearing.