NCLAT to listen to Meta’s plea towards CCI’s penalty on January 16

On November 18, 2024, the Competitors Fee of India imposed a penalty of ₹213.14 crore on Meta for unfair enterprise methods with respect to WhatsApp privateness coverage replace carried out in 2021.
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Meta Platforms Inc on Monday (January 6, 2025) moved company appellate tribunal Nationwide Firm Regulation Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) towards the order handed by truthful commerce regulator CCI, which imposed a penalty of ₹213.14 crore for abuse of its dominant place.

The petition was talked about earlier than a NCLAT bench which additionally comprised its Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan.

Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Mukul Rohatgi showing for Meta requested for an pressing listening to within the matter contemplating the significance and nature of the matter.

A 3-member bench, which additionally consisted of technical members Barun Mitra and Arun Baroka, directed itemizing the petition on January 16 for listening to.

On November 18, the Competitors Fee of India (CCI) had imposed a penalty of ₹213.14 crore on social media main Meta for unfair enterprise methods with respect to WhatsApp privateness coverage replace carried out in 2021.

In addition to, the competitors watchdog has directed Meta to stop and desist from anti-competitive practices.

Meta and WhatsApp have additionally been requested to implement sure behavioural cures inside an outlined timeline to deal with the anti-competition points, in response to a CCI order.

The regulator has referred to as for implementing numerous remedial measures, together with barring WhatsApp from sharing information collected on its platform with different Meta corporations or Meta firm merchandise for promoting functions for 5 years.

Amongst different instructions, CCI has stated that sharing of person information collected on WhatsApp with different Meta corporations or Meta firm merchandise for functions aside from for offering WhatsApp providers shall not be made a situation for customers to entry WhatsApp service in India.