CCI dismisses Plea Alleging Dominant Position abuse by Whatsapp & Facebook

Harshita Chawla Vs. WhatsApp Inc. & Facebook Inc. (Competition Commission of India) As regards the allegation of leveraging, the Commission does not agree with the Informant for reasons cited supra while dealing with the allegation under Section 4(2)(d) of the Act. The Informant has contended that WhatsApp will leverage its dominance in the upstream market to have a competitive edge over the existing competitors. The Informant also seems to be distressed by the fact that while the other existing players spent considerable resources to establish themselves in the UPI enabled digital payment...