CCI slaps second fine on Google

India’s anti-trust body on Tuesday slapped a penalty of Rs 936.44 crore on Alphabet Inc’s Google for abusing its dominant position while drawing up the policies for the use of Play Store services by app developers.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said the tech major should not restrict developers from using third-party billing or payment processing services.

This is the second major CCI ruling against Google in less than a week. On October 20, the watchdog imposed a penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore on the company for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in relation to Android mobile devices and ordered the internet major to cease and desist from various unfair business practices.