SC upholds CCI probe into Amazon, Flipkart

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday green-lighted the investigation ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into alleged anti-competition agreements entered into by e-commerce majors Amazon and Flipkart and censured the dominant online retailers for opposing and attempting to stall the inquiry into complaints ordered on January 13 last year.

Lengthy arguments by senior advocates Gopal Subramanian and A M Singhvi, appearing for Flipkart and Amazon respectively, had little impact on a bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Vineet Saran and Surya Kant, which dismissed their petitions without even calling upon solicitor general Tushar Mehta, who was eager to argue the dire necessity of investigations into the flagged issues by the director general of CCI.