The Competition Commission of India has issued an order of inquiry against 5 entities Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google Ireland Limited, Google India Private Limited and Google India Digital Services.
Digital payment app Google Pay is going to have difficulties in India. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered a detailed investigation against Internet giant Google for unfair trade practices in the context of Google Pay. CCI said in its 39-page order, “The Commission’s prima facie view that the company has violated various provisions of section 4 of the law.”
The regulator has ordered the investigation of its Director General (DG) in this matter. It is the testing unit of CCI. This investigation is being done for alleged competitive behavior in the context of Google Pay. Section 4 of the Competition Commission deals with the misuse of its dominance in the market.
CCI has five units Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, Google Ireland Ltd., Google India Pvt. Ltd. And has ordered an inquiry against Google India Digital Services.
CCI said, “Prima facie it is its view that the app market is the relevant market for investigation of allegations in the present case to make the payment possible through the Unified Payment Interface.”
The regulator said that prima facie it is That Google’s behavior is unfair and has imposed discriminatory terms. Under this, market access is not being provided to competing apps of Google Pay.
The Director General of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) will investigate this matter. The investigation against Google Pay will be for its anti-competitive behavior. It is alleged that Google Pay has improperly tried to dominate the market. Section 4 of the Competition Commission deals with the misuse of its dominant position in the market.