The Supreme Court in India refused to block a ruling by an Indian investigative unit that might force Google to change how it offers its version of Android to phone makers.
India's Supreme Court dealt a harsh blow to Google on Thursday by not granting the company's request to block a previous ruling made in October by the country's Competition Commission of India . The CCI said that Google took advantage of phone manufacturers by forcing them to pre-install certain apps on their handsets if they wanted to use the Google Mobile Services version of Android.In India, the second largest smartphone market in the world, Android owns a 97% market share.
"We are not inclined to interfere," Chief Justice D.Y Chandrachud said and the court ordered that a lower tribunal, already hearing the case, rule on Google's challenge by March 31st. The issue is that Google orders phone manufacturers who want to use the GMS version of Android to pre-install certain Google-developed apps on these phones. These usually include the Chrome browser and the Google search engine among others.
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