The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on June 1, 2017 rejected the complaint of the NGO alleging predatory pricing by WhatsApp.
The NCLAT has set aside a petition and upheld a 2017 CCI order that dismissed a complaint of predatory pricing against instant messaging platform WhatsApp.
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) said no doubt WhatsApp has a ‘dominant position’ but it has not ‘abused its dominant position’ based on inputs provided by the appellant, an NGO Fight for Transparency Society.
“We do not find any inconformity in the findings of Competition Commission of India (CCI) and hence, the ‘Appeal’ deserves to be dismissed and accordingly is dismissed,” said the NCLAT order dated August 2, 2022.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on June 1, 2017 rejected the complaint of the NGO alleging predatory pricing by WhatsApp, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014, by not charging any subscription fee from the users.
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