This order tasked the Office of the Director General of the Commission with investigating violations of the Competition Act. “Since the intimation of April 5, 2022, the CCI, on the merits, has not issued any order. The aforementioned news article is misleading,” the company said.

“We will continue to work with the CCI to explain why our practices comply with the Competition Act and have no adverse effects,” Zomato added. According to Swiggy, media reports on CCI’s investigation into Swiggy confuse the investigation process with the end result and are misleading.

“On the basis of an order from the CCI dated April 5, 2022, the Director General investigated certain aspects of the conduct of our business and his investigation and his report of March 2024 constitute a preliminary stage of an investigation into course by the ICC, and not a final decision. as some reports suggest,” Swiggy said.