The genesis of the issue lies in a complaint filed by the Digital News Publishers Association (hereinafter known as the ‘informant’) under Section 19 (1) (a) of the Competition Act, 2002 (hereinafter known as the Act), the informants are a consortium of media outlets like NDTV, Time Group, ABP and Others. The informants have invested large sums of money to train and employ their fellow journalists to report credible news. The complaint is filed against Alphabet Inc, a holding company of Google India Private Limited and Google Ireland Limited (hereinafter known as the Opposite Parties/OPs), alleging the OPs are abusing their dominant position under Section 4 of the Act.
Earlier, the newspaper was the primary source of news for the general public but since the advent of the internet, people have resorted to the internet for news and the demand for online news is only increasing. The primary revenue stream for the newspapers was the advertisement, since the pandemic struck the news…
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