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Google versus CCI: Whom to blame for the media leak?

Google's letter to the CCI chairman is like someone blaming the trial court for media leaks of a police charge sheet

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M M Sharma
So, has Google got it wrong this time? Re­c­ently, the Delhi High Court rapped the internet giant for “threatening” to sue the fair ma­r­ket regulator, the Competition Com­mission of India (CCI), for the “leak” of the confidential investigation report of its in­vest­i­gative arm, the director general, to the me­dia, leading to headline stories in India. The manner of Google’s protest and reaction smacks of both arrogance and ignor­ance about the procedural aspects of India’s common law and calls for a public debate.
 
Undoubtedly, the media leak of this magnitude, where the whole investigation report gets leaked to “unauthorised” persons,
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