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2025 Supreme(Online)(NCLAT) 1466

NATIONAL COMPANY LAW APPELLATE TRIBUNAL
Arun Baroka, Member (Technical)
WhatsApp LLC – Appellant
Versus
Competition Commission of India – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Mr. Arun Kathpalia, Mr. Yaman Verma, Mr. Shashank Mishra, Ms. Aisha Khan, Mr. Shivek Endlaw, Mr. Parv Kaushik, Mr. Aditya Dhupar, Ms. Vedika Rathore, Ms. Devanshi Singh, Mr. Udit Dedhiya, Ms. Bani Brar, Ms. Tahira Kathpalia, Mr. Kapil Sibbal, Mr. Amit Sibal, Mr. Naval Chopra, Ms. Supritha Prodaturi, Ms. Akshi Rastogi, Ms. Parinita Kare, Mr. Aatmik Jain, Ms. Ritika Bansal, Ms. Anupma Reddy Eleti, Ms. Aparajita Jamwal, Mr. Saksham Dhingra, Mr. Abir Roy, Mr. Vivek Pandey, Mr. Aman Shankar, Sasthibrata Panda, Biyanka Bhatia, Ms. Shreya Kapoor
For the Respondents: Mr. Balbir Singh, Mr. Samar Bansal, Mr. Manu Chaturvedi, Ms. Bhivali Shah, Mr. Vedant Kapur, Ms. Devika Singh Roy Chowdhary, Mr. Ahmed Jamal Siddiqui, Mr. Abhishek Gandhi, Mr. Kshitiz Kishor Rai, Ms. Sonia Dutta, Mr. Dinesh Chandra, Mr. Saurabh

Table of Content
1. case background and parties involved. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5)
2. prior whatsapp policy updates and litigation. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11)
3. 2021 policy rollout and cci proceedings. (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16)
4. cci order summary and prior court proceedings. (Para 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22)
5. appeal maintainability and cci jurisdiction. (Para 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30)
6. privacy as competition concern; cci vs data laws. (Para 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53)
7. zero-price markets and data role. (Para 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61)
8. competition vs privacy law overlaps. (Para 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70)
9. consent validity under coercion. (Para 71 , 72 , 73 , 74)
10. section 4 covers unfair conditions. (Para 75 , 76)
11. international jurisprudence on data privacy. (Para 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85)
12. effects analysis and evidence requirements. (Para 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110)
13. relevant market delineation principles. (Para

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