The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has launched a fresh investigation (pdf) against Google for allegedly abusing its dominant position in online search advertising. The organisation had earlier fined Google Rs 1 Crore for not cooperating with the investigation into search and advertising practices of the company in India. Earlier this year MediaNama had posted details of the issues that the CCI was looking into, as a part of their investigation, on the basis of information that the organisation had sought from Indian Internet companies. CCI had also directed Google to furnish relevant information and documents which may be required by the DG during the course of further investigations. The complaint The current probe is on the basis of a complaint by a businessman named Vishal Gupta, who runs a company that competes against Google Helpout. Gupta's family and associates own and manage Shyam Garment Group of Companies which includes M/s Shyam Garment Private Limited (SGL), M/s Delhi Call Centre Private Limited (DCL) and M/s Audney (Audney). Audney is a company registered in Delaware that offers remote technical support to individuals and companies. It is to be noted that DCL is mentioned as Audney's Delhi office on its website. DCL does not have a website of its own. The informant states that Audney has been placing its advertisements through Google Adwords ever since its account was opened in January 2013, until the date of termination of its account. During this period it had paid Google $310,000 for advertisement, while earning a revenue of $750,000. The advertisement…
