Did not leak any information to media: CCI tells high court
NEW DELHI: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) told the Delhi high court on Monday that it did not leak any information to the media relating to an investigation into Google’s Android smartphone agreements.
Taking note of the CCI’s submissions, the Delhi high court said nothing survives in the petition filed by Internet giant Google against the alleged leak of confidential probe information and disposed of the plea.
The court said in case Google has any further grievance that the information was being leaked it will be open for it to take legal recourse available.
“This court has not expressed any opinion on the claims made by the petitioner (Google) that it is respondent 1 (CCI) which is responsible for the said leaks,” Justice Rekha Palli made it clear.
Additional Solicitor General N Venkataraman, representing the CCI, submitted that the assumption of leak was wrong.
He said even though the commission stands by the legality of its order on Google’s appeal against the Director General order on its “confidentiality claim”, to expedite the proceedings it has no objection to accept the request of the company on confidentiality.
“CCI was willing to maintain confidentiality..,” the ASG said and congratulated Google for its 23rd birthday.
“It is Google’s 23rd birthday today. We greet them through their counsel and wish them all the best,” it said.
When the ASG said the writ petition has nothing to do on breach, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Google, said “this writ (petition) is very much on breach”.
Google’s counsel said in case the CCI is bound by its statement, the grievance stands addressed.