The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday granted partial relief to Meta Platforms Inc. and WhatsApp LLC in their appeal against a Competition Commission of India (CCI) order related to WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policy update.

While the tribunal upheld the Rs 213.14 crore penalty imposed by the CCI, it set aside the finding that Meta had leveraged WhatsApp's dominant position in the messaging market to strengthen its presence in online display advertising, overturning one of the main charges of abuse of dominance.

A two-member bench comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Technical Member Arun Baroka also quashed the CCI's direction prohibiting Meta and WhatsApp from sharing user data with other Meta group companies for advertising purposes for a period of

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