Search major Google on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court against the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over the leak of a report claiming the allegations of abuse of dominance in the Android smartphone market.

According to reports from the Indian Express, the CCI had concluded that Google had “restricted” the ability of manufacturers to develop and reportedly sell alternative versions of its Android operating system.

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Why has Google approached the high court?

On Thursday, Google moved to the high court expressing its displease against the leak of the report claiming that the leak impairs the company’s ability to defend itself. According to an investigative report by the Director General of the CCI, it does not constitute final orders by the CCI and is reviewed by members of the CCI before the regulator passes any final orders which could include penalties.

Google said it was “protesting against the breach of confidence which impairs Google’s ability to defend itself and harms Google and its partners,” in an official statement. The company added that it had “cooperated fully and maintained confidentiality throughout the investigative process,” and expected the “same level of confidentiality” from the CCI.

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What are the allegations against Google?

In April 2019, the CCI had ordered an investigation into the conduct of Google in the smartphone market over allegations that agreements that Google required smartphone manufacturers to sign to pre-install google play store restricted the ability of manufacturers to develop and sell alternative versions of android.

The commission had said that a requirement by Google that any manufacturer pre-installing the google play store on their devices also pre-install the entire suite of google apps was also prima facie a violation of competition law.