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.

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

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.

India's Competition Commission has found Zomato and Swiggy potentially breaching antitrust laws with exclusive restaurant deals.

Exclusivity arrangements between Swiggy, Zomato and their respective restaurant partners 'prevent the market from becoming more competitive' the CCI's investigation arm noted, says the report

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.