According to Reuters, Google has requested the Indian Supreme Court to dismiss certain antitrust directives related to its alleged abuse of the Android market in India.
In a filing on Monday, Google argued that it has not engaged in any market abuse and should not be held responsible for penalties.
The case began when the Competition Commission of India (CCI) accused Google of exploiting its dominant position in the Android mobile operating system.
The CCI directed Google not to make it mandatory for phone manufacturers to pre-install its Google Mobile Suite (GMS) and fined the company INR 1,337 crore.
Google appealed to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), which granted partial relief by setting aside four of the ten directives.
Google paid the fine and is now seeking to quash the remaining directives through its appeal to the Supreme Court.
The upheld directives include restrictions on app pre-installation, app positioning, licensing of the Play Store, exclusivity payments to OEMs, limitations on Android forks, and user choice of default search engine.
Google stated that it aims to demonstrate how Android benefits users and developers. The CCI has also approached the Supreme Court seeking to overturn the NCLAT’s decision. Google has already made changes to Android OS rules in India in response to the directives.
