Some relief for WhatsApp as NCLAT grants partial stay on CCI order

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has stayed an order by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) that directed WhatsApp not to share data collected on its platform with its other businesses. The CCI had also imposed a penalty of Rs 213 crore on WhatsApp in November last year.

A coram comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Technical Member Arun Baroka stated, “A ban of five years may lead to the collapse of the business model of WhatsApp LLC since the platform is free.