NCLAT to hear Meta’s plea against ₹213 crore CCI fine on WhatsApp privacy policy on 16 Jan

A bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) is set to hear on 16 January an appeal by Meta Platforms against an order by India’s competition regulator that levied a penalty on the US tech giant for allegedly abusing its dominant position.

Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, approached the NCLAT on Monday against the order of the Competition Commission of India (CCI), which asked the company to pay a penalty of ₹213.14 crore for abusing its dominant position in relation to the 2021 privacy policy update of its messaging app WhatsApp.