SC refuses to stay order to Google to change Android ecosystem

In a big setback to Google, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the order by the Competition Commission of India which directed tech giant to make changes to its Android ecosystem.

The top court, however, granted Google a week’s time to comply with the anti-trust’s October 20, 2022 order as the deadline ended on January 19.

A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala affirmed the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) January 4 order that asked the search engine giant to deposit 10 per cent of Rs 1,337.76 crore penalty imposed by the CCI for alleged anti-competitive practices.