Amazon-Flipkart probe: Want to create level playing field, says CCI lawyer

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday argued to support its petition for the probe against e-commerce firms Amazon and Flipkart. The watchdog told the Karnataka High Court that Competition Act was brought in to create a level playing field and it wants more players that will help in having a better choice for customers and healthy competition. In this light, it is the duty of CCI to maintain the purity of competition.

“If small players, retailers and manufacturers are pushed out, then end consumer will not have the requisite choice,” Madhavi Divan, Additional Solicitor General (ASG), appearing for CCI, told the Court, according to law platform Bar & Bench. “When a big player comes and gives a discount, it is an investment for them. Studies show that these big players incur losses for that time and push the smaller players out. They won’t get visibility later.”