“It is expected that there must be some reason behind the order directing the inquiry, which the Commission carries out,” the order of the High Court said.
Flipkart and Amazon
The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed the plea of Amazon and Flipkart to quash the investigation order of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for alleged violation of provisions of competition laws. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) had directed the investigation of both the major e-commerce companies for alleged violation of provisions of competition laws.
Giving this order, Justice PS Dinesh Kumar dismissed the petition of both the companies. “It is expected that there must be some reason behind the order directing the inquiry, which the Commission carries out,” the order of the High Court said.
The court said, “Therefore, it would be unwise to consider the issues raised by the petitioners in these writ petitions without due diligence and to stop the investigation at this stage.” Therefore, there is no need to interfere with the existing order.” With this the court also said that the order passed by the CCI is an administrative action without entering into any judicial process.
In January, the CCI had ordered an inquiry.
It is worth noting that the CCI has ordered an inquiry in January 2020 against Flipkart and Amazon for adopting other alleged unethical business activities, including selling goods in preferential tie-up with certain companies, in January 2020 on the complaint of traders’ associations including Delhi Trade Federation. Were.
After this order, the companies had reached the High Court to cancel the inquiry order. Although the Karnataka High Court had given interim stay in the CCI’s inquiry order on 14 February 2020, but after that the CCI reached the High Court where the apex court asked it to go to the High Court on 26 October 2020.
Accused of giving preference to selected sellers
In fact, in October 2019, the Delhi Trade Federation had accused e-commerce companies like Amazon and Flipkart of giving opportunities to selected sellers on their operations and especially on the launch and sale of smartphones and through them. Making sales.
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