Suppose somebody is selling spurious apples in a mall, will you pull up landlord: Amazon argues before Delhi HC

Challenging the Central Consumer Protection Authority’s recent decision to hold it liable for allowing sale of pressure cookers that did not meet the mandatory standards, the e-commerce giant before the Delhi High Court Tuesday argued that its position in the market was akin to the landlord of a shopping mall.

“Suppose there is a mall, there is a DLF mall, somebody is selling spurious apples, are you going to haul up the landlord,” Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayar, representing Amazon Seller Services Private Limited, argued before the bench of Justice Yashwant Varma.

Justice Varma listed the case for hearing on September 19 after the counsel representing the CCPA sought time to seek instructions.