Indian online retail major Flipkart has moved the Supreme Court against Karnataka High Court decision's to allow probe by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to carry out a preliminary investigation into the alleged violation of the competition law. According to a Reuters report citing three sources, the Walmart-backed company filed an appeal in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
However, more details of the challenge, or Flipkart's pleas, were not immediately clear. The Supreme Court website showed Flipkart had filed a case against the CCI and other parties, without giving more details.
The move comes after, in a setback, the Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed a plea by Amazon and Flipkart challenging a court order permitting the CCI probe. A division bench of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Nataraj Rangaswamy said the petitioners have no need to shy away from an inquiry if they were not involved in violations.
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"The inquiry cannot be crushed at this stage.If the appellants aren't involved in violations of any provisions of the competition law, they should not feel shy in facing an inquiry by the Competition Commission of India," the bench observed.
The CCI's January 2020 probe order followed a complaint by Delhi Vyapar Mahasangh, whose members comprise many traders dealing in smart phones and related accessories.
