NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An investigation by India's antitrust body found food delivery giants Zomato and SoftBank-backed Swiggy breached competition laws, with their business practices favouring restaurant chains listed on their platforms, documents show.

India's Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found food delivery giants Zomato and Swiggy guilty of violating competition laws, according to a report by Reuters. The investigation revealed that both companies allegedly engaged in practices favouring select restaurant partners,

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found that food delivery giants Zomato and Swiggy to have violated competition laws, as per Reuters. The investigation found that the companies' business practices favored certain restaurants listed on their platforms.

Over recent years, Swiggy and Zomato have transformed India's food delivery landscape, with hundreds of thousands of restaurants listing on their platforms amid a surge in smartphone use

CCI has reportedly found that Swiggy and Zomato breached competition laws, with their partnerships favouring select restaurants.

CCI’s investigation revealed Swiggy threatened partner restaurants that “their rankings will be pushed down if they do not maintain price parity”

An investigation by India's antitrust body found food delivery giants Zomato and SoftBank-backed Swiggy breached competition laws, with their business practices favouring select restaurants listed on their platforms,

Zomato was found to have imposed pricing and discount restrictions on restaurant partners, while Swiggy threatened to lower the rankings of partners who didn't maintain price parity.

Swiggy and Zomato are reportedly in breach of competition laws, favouring certain restaurants in the country, says a CCI report.