The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal’s (NCLAT) November 4 ruling that quashed CCI's ban on Meta Platforms has effectively clarified that India’s competition regulator will have the authority to examine data-related conduct of companies, if such practices are found to be anti-competitive, lawyers and observers of the competition law have said.

According to legal experts, the judgement asserts that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) will retain its jurisdiction in data-related matters, even though data-abuse issues may fall within the remit of the Data Protection Authority.

"We are inclined to agree with the conclusions of CCI regarding the 2021 Policy that data privacy is a non-price factor in competition analysis as reduced privacy degrades service quality and creates compe

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