https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=781813 The appellate tribunal held that competition law and data protection law operate complementarily and upheld the competition authority's jurisdiction to examine data-related abuses of dominance. It approved the definition of relevant markets and confirmed that privacy is a non-price factor in competition analysis. It found abuse of dominance under Sections 4(2)(a)(i) and 4(2)(c) by the messaging platform and its parent group through coercive 2021 policy terms and unfair data sharing, but found no violation of Section 4(2)(e) as dominance in the online display advertising market was not established. The cease-and-desist direction was set aside, other directions were sustained, and a penalty of Rs. 213.14 crore on the parent company alone was upheld. The appeal was allowed in part. en-us Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:42:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=781813 The appellate tribunal held that competition law and data protection law operate complementarily and upheld the competition authority's jurisdiction to examine data-related abuses of dominance. It approved the definition of relevant markets and confirmed that privacy is a non-price factor in competition analysis. It found abuse of dominance under Sections 4(2)(a)(i) and 4(2)(c) by the messaging platform and its parent group through coercive 2021 policy terms and unfair data sharing, but found no violation of Section 4(2)(e) as dominance in the online display advertising market was not established. The cease-and-desist direction was set aside, other directions were sustained, and a penalty of Rs. 213.14 crore on the parent company alone was upheld. The appeal was allowed in part. Case-Laws Law of Competition Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=781813