Google Gets In Antitrust Troubles Again, This Time Over Google Pay

The app had gotten into legal trouble back in May for flouting UPI interoperability rules

This is one of three antitrust cases filed against Google, the company was fined INR 136 Mn back in 2018

Google has contested the allegations by saying that Android gets significant competition from feature phone operating systems

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has opened another antitrust case against global tech giant Google, but this time for its digital payments app Google Pay. The competition watchdog has also issued a notice to Google back in May, and is now looking to further investigate the matter.

The case alleges that Google unfairly promotes its own payments app through “prominent placement on the Play Store. The case also accuses Google of “imposing unfair terms” on users by requiring them to use the payments app.

Such terms are not in compliance with the data…

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