India: Competition Commission investigation into Google over alleged abuse of dominance and anti-competitive conduct in ad-tech intermediation services (Case No. 34 of 2024 consolidated with Case Nos. 41 of 2021, 10 of 2022, and 36 of 2022)

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
01 Aug 2025 under deliberation
06 Oct 2022 under deliberation
02 Feb 2022 under deliberation
07 Jan 2022 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
India
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
online advertising provider
platform intermediary: user-generated content
search service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

01 Aug 2025
under deliberation

Competition Commission opened investigation into Google over alleged abuse of dominance and anti-competitive conduct in ad-tech intermediation services (Case No. 34 of 2024)

On 1 August 2025, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) issued an order in Case No. 34 of 2024 under Section 26(1) of the Competition Act, 2022, directing the Director General (DG) to investigate allegations concerning ad-tech intermediation ser…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
06 Oct 2022
under deliberation

Announced CCI investigation into Google's alleged abuse of dominance in news aggregation (Case No. 36 of 2022)

On 6 October 2022, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) opened an investigation (Case No. 36 of 2022) into Google (Alphabet) following a complaint by the “News Broadcasters & Digital Association”. The Association alleges that Google abused its…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
02 Feb 2022
under deliberation

Announced CCI investigation into Google's alleged abuse of dominance in news aggregation (Case No. 10 of 2022)

On 2 February 2022, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) opened an investigation (Case No. 10 of 2022) into Google (Alphabet) following a complaint by the “Indian Newspaper Society”. The Association alleges that Google abused its dominant marke…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
07 Jan 2022
under deliberation

Announced Competition Commission investigation against Google's alleged abuse in news aggregation (Case No. 41 of 2021)

The Competition Commission of India has announced an investigation (Case No. 41 of 2021) against Alphabet Inc. (former Google) after a complaint by the Indian "Digital News Publishers Association". In particular, the Association accuses Google of ac…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority