Google mentioned on Friday it has appealed towards the Indian antitrust physique’s order towards the agency over alleged anti-competitive practices surrounding Android cellular gadgets in the important thing abroad market.

The firm has approached the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), the nation’s appellate tribunal, to attraction towards the Competition Commission of India’s October order, wherein the watchdog fined Google $162 million.

“We have decided to appeal the CCI’s decision on Android as we believe it presents a major setback for our Indian users and businesses who trust Android’s security features, and potentially raising the cost of mobile devices,” a Google spokesperson mentioned in a press release.

“We look forward to making our case in NCLAT and remain committed to users and partners.”

In October, the CCI, which started investigating Google three and a half years in the past, mentioned that it finds Google requiring gadget producers to pre-install its whole Google Mobile Suite and mandating outstanding placement of these apps “imposition of unfair condition on the device manufacturers” and thus was in “contravention of the provisions of Section 4(2)(a)(i) of the Act.”

Days later, the CCI hit Google with another $113 million fine for abusing the dominant place of its Google Play Store and ordered the agency to permit app builders to make use of third-party funds processing providers for in-app purchases or for buying apps.

India is a key abroad marketplace for Google, which has amassed over 500 million customers within the South Asian market. The firm, which has poured billions in its India enterprise over the previous decade, has pledged to invest another $10 billion within the nation over the following couple of years.

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