WhatsApp did not abuse its dominant place in India, says NCLAT

New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has upheld the CCI’s 2017 order on this regard whilst brushing aside a petition filed in opposition to messaging corporate WhatsApp. Earlier, the CCI in its order had brushed aside the criticism of unfair pricing in opposition to WhatsApp.

The NCLAT mentioned there’s no doubt that WhatsApp has a number one place in its box, nevertheless it has no longer misused it.

The appellant Fight for Transparency Society had accused WhatsApp of abusing its dominant place.

“We do not find any discrepancy in the findings of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and therefore the appeal deserves to be dismissed and is dismissed,” the NCLAT mentioned in its order dated August 2, 2022.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) had on June 1, 2017 brushed aside the NGO’s criticism alleging unfair pricing on WhatsApp.

The petition mentioned that WhatsApp does no longer rate any subscription price from its customers. It additional mentioned that WhatsApp has made a number of adjustments to its privateness coverage since its acquisition of Facebook, which is an abuse of its dominant place.

The criticism used to be rejected by means of the CCI, following which the NGO challenged the order prior to the NCLAT.