Android case: Supreme Court refuses to modify January 19 order on Google

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to modify the January 19 order on Google LLC and said the company can raise its grievances during the hearing of its appeal before the NCLAT.

A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala said at most the bench can add “without prejudice” in the January 19 order and nothing more.

The apex court on January 19 did not grant interim relief to Google against the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order upholding the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI’s) penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore imposed on the tech giant for unfair and anti-competitive practices related to Android devices.