‘Will practice same regime as in Europe?’, SC on Google plea on CCI penalty

The Supreme Court on Monday said it could consider sending the application filed by Google back to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). The tech giant has moved the apex court seeking stay on a Competition Commission of India (CCI) order imposing a Rs 1,337 crore penalty on it.

During the hearing, a bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud asked senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Google’s counsel, “will Google practice the same regime in place in India as you have in Europe?”

The Chief Justice added, “Please reflect on this and come back.”

Singhvi said when the matter came before the judge he recorded that since there is a hearing in April, there is no need for an interim order.