New Delhi, March 28 -- The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has granted partial relief to American tech giant Google by significantly reducing the antitrust regulator Competition Commission of India's (CCI) penalty to Rs.216.69 crore from Rs.936.44 crore.

The penalty was originally imposed on Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., for allegedly abusing its dominant position in mobile app markets through the Android Play Store-by forcing developers to use its own billing method and charging a mandatory service fee even when third-party billing methods were used.

On Friday, NCLAT directed Google to deposit the revised amount within 30 days, noting that the company had already paid 10% of the total penalty.

The ruling, del...