Jan 20, 2023 17:00:00

The Indian Supreme Court dismissed Google's request to invalidate the correction order, is it a dark cloud in the Android business in India?

Google will be fined

more than 20 billion yen in India in October 2022 for ``abusing its dominant position,'' and will change the policy requiring smartphone makers to pre-install Google apps. A corrective order was issued. Google had asked the Supreme Court of India to invalidate the order, but the Supreme Court rejected Google's appeal.

Indian Supreme Court rejects Google's appeal to invalidate Competition Commission order | Reuters
https://jp.reuters.com/article/google-india-antitrust-idJPKBN2TZ07P

google: SC rejects Google's plea for stay against CCI ruling - The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/supreme-court-rejects-googles-plea-against-cci-order/articleshow/97132695.cms

India's top court rejects Google plea to block Android antitrust ruling in major blow | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/19/india-supreme-court-rejects-google-plea-to-block-android-antitrust-ruling/

In October 2022, the Indian antitrust authority, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), gave Google 13.38 billion rupees (about 21.26 billion yen) for forcing manufacturers to adopt anti-competitive practices in mobile OS and Android. , demanding that users not be obligated to pre-install Google apps such as Chrome and YouTube, be able to uninstall Google apps from their smartphones, and be able to change search engine providers. .

Google will be fined about 24 billion yen, ``Android practices are anti-competitive,'' Indian authorities-GIGAZINE

Google, on the other hand, said it was an erroneous decision based on inadequate material that was made verbatim in part from a European judgment, and a unique fine of its kind. I objected as it was a forehead.

Google alleges India antitrust body copied parts of EU order on Android abuse
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/03/google-alleges-india-antitrust-body-copied-parts-of-eu-order-on-android-abuse.html

India's National Corporate Law Court of Appeals (NCLAT) has denied interim relief to Google, directing it to deposit 10% of the fine, but with the January 19, 2023 deadline to enforce the order, The Supreme Court of India decided to review the details of the case.

Supreme Court to hear plea of Google against NCLAT order on January 18 - The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-to-hear-plea-of-google-against-nclat-order-on-january-18/article66382485.ece

However, the Supreme Court did not overturn the decision, and CCI's injunction against the rectification order was denied. However, the Supreme Court has extended the deadline for execution of the order by one week to allow Google to comply with the order. It also directed the complaint to be remanded to NCLAT for judgment by March 31, 2023. The enforcement deadline itself has only been extended by one week, so unless NCLAT rules in favor of Google within a week, Android's business in India will be required to make major changes.