Karnataka HC to hear petitions from Amazon, Flipkart, CCI in Jan against alleged marketplace malpractices

CAIT vs Amazon, Flipkart: Following the Supreme Court’s (SC) October 26 directive to Karnataka High Court (HC) to decide whether Competition Commission of India (CCI) can probe into alleged business malpractices by Amazon and Flipkart, the high court on Wednesday decided to hear petitions from all the parties on January 18, 2021, to finally dispose of the matter. CCI had earlier filed an appeal in the apex court against the interim stay order by the Karnataka HC to probe e-commerce marketplaces, however, SC had declined to intervene.