Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) has filed a formal complaint against Google’s unethical and anti-competitive business practices with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on June 6 2012. This is the second formal complaint against Google. In February 2012, CCI ordered for a formal probe against Google in India for its Adwords service when chennai based Consim Info, that runs Bharatmatrimony.com formally filed a complaint against Google, citing discriminatory trade practices. CUTS told MediaNama that the information filed by CUTS against Google is for violations of Section 3 and Section 4 of the Indian Competition Act, 2002 which covers acts on Anti-competitive agreements and Abuse of dominant position. "We have brought out before the Commission the results of specific studies on this issue and how various contraventions are being committed. Also, we have brought to the commission’s notice as to how various competition authorities in other jurisdictions have taken cognizance of such practices by Google affecting their economy. The merit of the argument that Google should not abuse its market power is very much in line with what is happening in Korea, Australia, EU, etc.", Udai Mehta, Associate Director of CUTS International, told MediaNama via email. Cagey. Very Cagey. CUTS, however, refused to divulge into more information, and is being rather cagey about the specifics of its complaint. While it does appear that Google dominates the Indian online advertising market - we've said so ourselves that its dominance isn't healthy for the growth of the ecosystem - CUTS will have to prove that…
