Supreme Court refuses to stop CCI probe against Amazon and Flipkart

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with Karnataka High Court’s order which declined to stop the investigation initiated by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against Amazon and Flipkart for alleged anti-competitive practices.

However, the court extended the time to join the CCI probe by four weeks on a request by senior advocate Dr AM Singhvi, who appeared for Flipkart.

“We see no ground to interfere. However we grant four weeks for the expiry to submit to enquiry,” said the court, according to the law platform Bar & Bench.

Refusing to set aside the Karnataka High Court’s ruling in the matter, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana remarked: