CAIT hails HC order, asks Goyal to direct CCI probe into Amazon, Flipkart

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has written to commerce minister Piyush Goyal, urging him to direct the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to “immediately” start a probe into the alleged antitrust practices of Flipkart and Amazon.

On Friday, the Karnataka High Court dismissed a petition from Amazon and Flipkart requesting a stay on India’s antitrust watchdog CCI’s probe into both companies’ alleged anti-competitive practices.

The two ecommerce companies had requested a stay on CCI’s probe, claiming that it didn’t have adequate evidence to launch an investigation. The case had been going on for a year.