SC Transfers CCI's E-commerce Probe Case to K'taka HC

The Supreme Court has transferred to the Karnataka High Court several petitions challenging the Competition Commission of India's (CCI's) probe into alleged anti-competitive practices by e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart.

- Krishna Yadav

NEW DELHI:

On Monday, a bench comprising Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan directed the Karnataka High Court to hear the case expeditiously.

The order came after both the CCI and e-commerce sellers on the two platforms agreed to transfer the cases as the Karnataka High Court had already been hearing the matter. The CCI had filed a plea seeking the consolidation of all petitions challenging its investigation into Amazon and Flipkart, and the transfer of these cases to a single high court.