Google challenges Android antitrust ruling in India's Supreme Court - Reuters

NEW DELHI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Google has filed a ineligible situation successful India's Supreme Court to artifact a ruling by the country's antitrust watchdog that volition unit the U.S. institution to alteration however it markets its Android platform, tribunal records showed connected Saturday.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) successful October fined the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) portion $161 cardinal for exploiting its ascendant presumption successful the marketplace for Android, which powers 97% of smartphones successful India and is simply a cardinal maturation portion for the U.S. giant.

The situation comes aft Google suffered a setback connected Wednesday erstwhile an appeals tribunal rejected its petition to artifact the antitrust ruling. The institution argued that implementation of the CCI's directives volition wounded its long-standing concern exemplary and user interests.

Supreme Court records amusement Google filed a situation against the tribunal ruling connected Saturday. A proceeding day is yet to beryllium fixed.

Reuters was archetypal to study connected Thursday astir Google's planned strategy.

Sources earlier this week told Reuters that Google considers a ineligible situation arsenic its past anticipation of blocking the ruling of the CCI, whose directives forcing the institution to alteration its concern exemplary footwear successful connected Jan. 19.

Google's Supreme Court filing seeks to enactment the CCI decison connected clasp portion its entreaty is heard, said 1 idiosyncratic acquainted with the substance connected Saturday.

Google has been concerned astir the Indian determination arsenic the remedies ordered are seen arsenic much sweeping than the European Commission's landmark 2018 ruling for imposing unlawful restrictions connected Android mobile instrumentality makers. Google has challenged the grounds $4.3 cardinal good successful that case.

A Google spokesperson did not instantly respond.

The CCI ruled successful October that Google's licensing of its Play Store "shall not beryllium linked with the request of pre-installing" Google hunt services, the Chrome browser, YouTube oregon immoderate different Google applications.

Reporting by Aditya Kalra, Arpan Chaturvedi and Aditi Shah successful New Delhi; Editing by Mike Harrison

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