Published on : 06 Oct 2025, 1:30 pm 2 min read

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Monday dismissed allegations of abuse of dominance against Alphabet Inc, Google LLC and Google India Private Limited over the termination of a developer account on the Google Play Store [Liberty Infospace Vs Alphabet INC].

The CCI ruled that no prima facie case of contravention under Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002 was made out.

The case arose from a complaint filed by Liberty Infospace Pvt Ltd, a Kolkata-based MSME that had developed an app called EasyDo Tasks-HRMS Payroll AI .

Liberty alleged that Google unilaterally terminated its Play Store developer account in June 2024 without notice or specific reasons, thereby “annihilating” its business.

Liberty argued that the termi

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