Google is currently facing a penalty of up to $5 billion if the tech giant is found to have violated antitrust laws in India. The company has been facing a full investigation in the country by the fair trade watchdog, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), for the last couple years. The American antitrust watchdog came to a conclusion that Google’s services were good for competition, but in the US multinational corporations can generally do what they like.

The antitrust case has been before the CCI as well for more than 2 years now and it relates to allegations that the search engine is abusing its dominant position in the online search engine space. According to Google spokesperson, the outfit was extending full co-operation to the CCI in their investigation.
It is known that the tech giant has settled antitrust cases in the United States and European Union, but unfortunately the Indian competition regime doesn’t have provisions for settlement processes. In addition, a complaint filed with CCI can’t be withdrawn. Finding prima facie evidence of violations, the commission had referred the matter to its investigation arm for a detailed probe.
Local media also revealed that the DG has also collected comments from 3rd parties with regard to this antitrust case and is likely to submit its report to the commission in the nearest future. Aside from penalty, the authority also have right to pass orders to correct a company's conduct in the market place. The CCI can go for structural remedies which could see breaking up of dominant enterprises into separate businesses.
First Google complaint was filed by advocacy group CUTS International two years ago. Then, matrimonial website matrimony.com filed another complaint.