NCLAT sets aside CCI ban on WhatsApp sharing of user data with MetaNCLAT on Tuesday set aside a section of a Competition Commission of India (CCI) order that had banned WhatsApp from sharing data with Meta ...
04 Nov, 2025, 05.37 PM IST
NCLAT reserves order on Meta, WhatsApp petitions on data-sharingThe National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) was hearing the petition by the tech giant Meta, which challenged a penalty of Rs 213.1...
27 Sep, 2025, 08.12 AM IST
CCI order flawed, offers no reason for 5 yr ban for data sharing: Meta to NCLATSenior Advocate Amit Sibal, appearing for Meta, submitted that in a dynamic and fast-moving industry, the necessity of a five-year term is ...
16 Sep, 2025, 08.12 PM IST
NCLAT admits Meta, Whatsapp pleas against CCI's Rs 213.14-crore penalty over abuse of dominanceAppellate tribunal NCLAT has admitted appeals by Meta and WhatsApp against a CCI order imposing a Rs 213.14 crore penalty for market domina...
16 Jan, 2025, 03.45 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: CCI's Rs 213-crore penalty on MetaThe antitrust watchdog on Monday said Meta has abused its dominant position in the market, explaining that this fine relates to how WhatsAp...
19 Nov, 2024, 03.49 PM IST
SC dismisses pleas against CCI probe into WhatsApp's privacy policyA bench of Justices M R Shah and Sudhanshu Dhulia said CCI is an independent authority and the proceedings before it cannot be stopped, and...
15 Oct, 2022, 11.01 AM IST
WhatsApp moves SC against HC order on CCI's privacy probeIn 2021, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered a probe into the then-new privacy policy of WhatsApp for alleged abuse of market...
08 Oct, 2022, 09.46 AM IST
HC dismisses Facebook India's plea challenging CCI probe into WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policyFacebook India, the Indian subsidiary of US-based Facebook Inc (now known as Meta Platforms), argued that the CCI has clubbed it in its ong...
28 Sep, 2022, 10.43 PM IST
Not even prima facie material with CCI to initiate probe: Facebook Inc to HCSenior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Facebook Inc, contended that just because Facebook is the formal owner of WhatsApp and the ins...
22 Jul, 2022, 09.18 PM IST
Unable to move ahead in probe against WhatsApp, Facebook: CCI to courtCCI told a bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma that there was "virtually a stay" on the proceedings and the anti-trust regu...
21 Jul, 2022, 08.49 PM IST
Delhi HC adjourns WhatsApp, Meta appeal in CCI case to July 21A division bench of Justices Poonam Bamba and Rajesh Shakdher adjourned the matter after WhatsApp’s counsel, senior advocate Harish Salve, ...
31 Mar, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Delhi High Court to hear appeals of Facebook, WhatsApp in October in privacy policy matterWhatsApp and Facebook have also challenged the CCI's asking them to furnish certain information for the purpose of inquiry conducted by it.
27 Aug, 2021, 05.09 PM IST
Delhi HC quashes WhatsApp appeal against CCI probe into privacy policyThe appeals made by WhatsApp and Facebook were identical to the ones made before Delhi High Court's division bench, which has not granted a...
23 Jun, 2021, 11.46 AM IST
Delhi HC seeks CCI stand on Facebook, WhatsApp appealsWhatsApp and Facebook had challenged the CCI's March 24 order directing a probe into the new privacy policy.
06 May, 2021, 08.02 PM IST
Delhi HC verdict likely on Thursday on WhatsApp, Facebook pleas against CCI order for probeCCI had argued before the court that the new privacy policy of WhatsApp would lead to excessive data collection and "stalking" of consumers...
21 Apr, 2021, 01.18 PM IST
CCI jumped the gun by ordering probe into WhatsApp privacy policy, Delhi High Court toldIndia's competition regulator on March 24 had ordered a probe after it found that the messaging platform had violated the provisions of the...
13 Apr, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
HC judge recuses herself from hearing Facebook, WhatsApp pleas against CCI order on privacy policyJustice Prathiba M Singh recused herself from hearing the two petitions and directed the registry of the high court to list it before anoth...
08 Apr, 2021, 12.36 PM IST