Google to NCLAT: CCI ‘copy-pasted’ EU order, evidence not examined in India

Google has alleged that the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) has copy-pasted certain parts of a ruling by the European Union (EU) against the company for abusing the market dominance of its Android operating system. The Alphabet-owned company has moved to National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) seeking a stay on the Indian antitrust watchdog’s ruling.

News agency Reuters reports that in its filing, Google argues that the CCI’s investigation unit “copy-pasted extensively from a European Commission decision, deploying evidence from Europe that was not examined in India”.

“There are more than 50 instances of copypasting”, in some cases “word-for-word”, and the watchdog erroneously dismissed the issue, Google said.