Google had claimed that the ICC had failed to review the evidence associated with their claims in India.
Google was sanctioned by India’s market regulator in October 2022 for allegedly exploiting its monopoly in the Android market.
Tech giant Google has paid the full Rs 1,337.76 crore fine imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in the Android case. Reliable sources revealed to IANS on Tuesday that the entire penalty was deposited in the Consolidated Fund of India within the 30-day time frame stated by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in its order. Google was sanctioned by India’s market regulator in October 2022 for allegedly exploiting its monopoly in the Android market.
Earlier this year, Google issued a statement announcing that it would comply with the ICC guidelines for Android and said: “The recent ICC guidelines for Android and Play require us to make significant changes for India, and we have informed the ICC how we will comply with their guidelines.We are updating the Android compatibility requirements to introduce changes allowing partners to create non-compatible or forked variants.
User-choice billing allows developers to offer various payment options along with Google Play’s billing system when making an in-app purchase. The changes were made after a Supreme Court bench ruled that the ICC’s findings cannot be said to have been made without jurisdiction or manifest error and upheld the NCLAT’s order, declining to d grant interim relief to Google.
The bench ordered NCLAT to dispose of Google’s appeal by March 31 and gave Google seven days to file 10% of the total sentence imposed on it by the TCC. Google had claimed that the ICC failed to review evidence associated with their claims in India and copied and pasted parts of a European court order.
When Google announced the implementation of the new Google Play Payments Policy, the Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) expressed concern over the change in policy as Google would charge 30% service fees to developers. apps, which would be a huge inconvenience for the Indian. startup ecosystem. ADIF therefore asked Google to keep the policy on hold.
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