SC to send CCI's e-comm cases to Karnataka HC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday observed that it was keen to send all petitions challenging the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) antitrust probe against e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart before the Karnataka High Court (HC) even as it stayed the proceedings before that bench till a decision in this regard is taken on January 6.

- Abraham Thomas

A bench headed by Justice Abhay S. Oka said, "Prima facie we are of the view that all writ petitions be transferred and heard by the Karnataka high court." The order came on a transfer petition moved by CCI challenging the various petitions filed against its ongoing antitrust probe before the high courts of Delhi, Karnataka, Madras, Punjab and Haryana, Telangana, and Allahabad. In these proceedings, many high courts had stayed the probe which impeded the commission from completing its enquiry. It either requested the matter to be heard by the top court or the Delhi High Court. Issuing notice on CCI's petition, the bench, also comprising Justice Manmohan, said, "Before we pass order of transfer, the petitioners should also be before u