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In
October, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) fined
Alphabet Inc's Google $161 million for exploiting its dominant
position in markets such as online search and the Android app
store, and asked it to change curbs on smartphone makers related
to pre-installing apps.
During the hearing, Google's counsel, Abhishek Manu Singhvi,
repeatedly pushed for putting the decision on hold, or extending
the date of implementation of CCI's directives beyond Jan. 19.
He said the CCI's decision will force the company to change its
business model and harm consumer interest.
The tribunal did not agree. "We are of opinion that at the
moment given the voluminous nature of the appeal, there is no
need to pass any interim order," the two-member tribunal panel
said.
Google told the tribunal in a legal filing that CCI's
investigation unit copied parts of a European ruling against the
U.S. firm from a similar verdict on abuse of market dominance of
its Android operating system, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
The CCI investigators "copy-pasted extensively from a European
Commission decision, deploying evidence from Europe that was not
examined in India", Google alleged.
The CCI has not responded yet to those allegations.
(Reporting by Arpan Chaturvedi and Munsif Vengattil in New
Delhi; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
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