CCI order to probe Amazon, Flipkart fell short of meeting norms: K'taka HC

The CCI had ordered the probe based on a complaint filed by trade body last month, which alleged that the e-commerce players were giving deep discounts on online sales of smartphones

The Karnataka High Court has prima facie not found merit in the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI’s) order of an investigation into some of the business practices of e-commerce majors Amazon India and Flipkart. The High Court last Friday granted an interim stay on a petition filed by Amazon, after hearing the matter for three days. As per the analysis by legal experts of the order, a copy of which came in writing on Wednesday, CCI did not follow the norms set by the courts for such matters and went beyond in this case.

The CCI had ordered the probe based