The SC thought-about the CCI’s reasoning and held that there is no such thing as a motive to intrude with the CCI order on the interim stage.
“We strongly believe that this decision will usher in a cataclysmic change in the Indian Smartphone Ecosystem and further improve and enhance digital penetration in our country,” Rakesh Deshmukh, cofounder and CEO, Indus OS stated in an announcement.
The Supreme Court upheld the CCI order, which has directed Google to permit various app shops wish to be distributed freely via Google Play.
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“We are glad that millions of Indian users will now have a choice to experience our app store, without any restrictions. Indus OS has been working on its app store for over a decade now, which is tailor-made to meet the preferences of Indian consumers,” Deshmukh added.
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MapmyIndia too stated they have been ‘elated’ and ‘extraordinarily grateful’ to the Supreme Court for his or her order in opposition to Google’s enchantment. “MapmyIndia was mentioned and spoken of multiple times in the Supreme court by multiple parties, who said that MapmyIndia pioneered digital mapping in India since 1995, far before the birth of Google,” Rohan Verma, CEO & ED of MapmyIndia stated. Verma stated it was mentioned within the courtroom how Google foreclosed rivals corresponding to MapmyIndia as a result of their anti-competitive practices, harming Indian shoppers capability to decide on, and harming the Indian financial system and rivals.
“As the Supreme Court in the end declined Google’s disingenuous arguments. Today marks one very critical step towards India breaking free from the digital slavery Google has perpetuated on Indians for the last 15 years, and it is the right moment for all Indians – consumers, media, app developers, OEMs, industry and government – to come together to create our own indigenous Aatmanirbhar ecosystem that gives India its rightful place at the forefront of the world, independent of foreign big tech monopolies,” he added.
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Naval Chopra, Partner, Competition Law Practice, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co stated that the CCI’s wide-ranging treatments transcend Europe and can power Google to alter the way in which it does business.
“It will open markets for Google’s competitors, who have long been marginalized by the tech behemoth’s vice-like grip over the Android ecosystem,” Chopra stated.
He added that India as a market presents an unprecedented untapped consumer base, which makes these treatments much more efficient.
“These may well lead to a new Indian competitor in video hosting, mapping, web browsers or, dare we say it, search,” he stated.
Chopra added that the CCI’s order, upheld by the supreme courtroom on Thursday helps take Android to its authentic mission, of being an open-source, free, software program, absent from Google’s restrictions.
“The Supreme Court’s judgment to uphold the CCI order will assist the Indian startup ecosystem to interrupt free from Big tech’s shackles,” stated Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO of BharatMatrimony instructed ET. “It will help to rein in their control on the Android ecosystem and help to provide an even playing field.”