India court says Google cannot remove Disney app in tussle over in-app charges


FILE PHOTO A screen shows the logo and a ticker symbol for The Walt Disney Company on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange NYSE in New York U.S. December 14 2017. REUTERSBrendan McDermidFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A screen shows the logo and a ticker symbol for The Walt Disney Company on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) -An Indian court on Tuesday said Google cannot remove Disney's streaming service from its app store in the country and should receive a lower 4% fee for in-app purchases, a significant challenge to its payments business model.

Disney's lawsuit is the latest and most high-profile challenge to Google's policy of imposing a "service fee" of 11-26% on in-app payments in India.

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