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SC ruling on Google-CCI case a watershed moment: Indian startups
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IANS | 19 Jan, 2023
The homegrown startup ecosystem players on Thursday hailed the Supreme
Court's order where it refused to interfere with the National Company
Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) decision, declining to stay operation of
the Competition Commission of India (CCI) order imposing Rs 1,337.76
crore fine on Google.
Google had moved the apex court
after the setback at the NCLAT, which did not stay the CCI order on
abuse of dominant position in multiple markets in the Android mobile
device ecosystem case.
Rohan Verma, CEO and ED at homegrown
MapmyIndia said that they are extremely grateful to the Supreme Court
for their order against Google's appeal.
"MapmyIndia was
mentioned and spoken of multiple times in the Supreme court today by
multiple parties, who said that MapmyIndia pioneered digital mapping in
India since 1995, far before the birth of Google, and offer an
alternative in terms of MapmyIndia's 'Mappls' app versus the force
pre-installed Google Maps," Verma added.
On January 11, the Supreme Court had agreed to examine an appeal by Google against a decision by the NCLAT.
Rakesh Deshmukh, Co-founder, CEO, Indus OS, said they welcome the landmark judgment.
"We
strongly believe that this decision will usher in a cataclysmic change
in the Indian smartphone ecosystem and further improve and enhance
digital penetration in our country," said Deshmukh.
"This will be a watershed moment in the history of India's digital transformation," he added.
Google was yet to react to the SC judgment.
The
Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) said that the recent CCI
decision and the SC upholding NCLAT decision of refusing stay has set a
global benchmark, and would cement India's position in preventing
Startup's interests and severely restricting abuse of dominance by
Google.
The verdict is a monumental step towards fair competition and practices in India, said the startups representing body.
"It
is imperative to send out a strong message that abusing one's dominant
position or resorting to unfair practices will not go unnoticed," said
an ADIF spokesperson.
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