SC transfers Amazon, Flipkart petitions on CCI probe to Karnataka HC

 The bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan directed the Karnataka High Court to hear the case expeditiously after both parties agreed.

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SC transfers Amazon, Flipkart petitions on CCI probe to Karnataka HC
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The Supreme Court on Monday transferred all cases filed by Amazon- and Flipkart-associated sellers against the Competition Commission of India (CCI) investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices to the Karnataka High Court.
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 The bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan directed the Karnataka High Court to hear the case expeditiously after both parties agreed.

 The court also stated that if similar petitions are instituted in any other high court, they shall also be covered by this order.

The Supreme Court was hearing a plea filed by the CCI, seeking the transfer of 24 writ petitions filed in various high courts challenging its probe into alleged anti-competitive practices to the top court.

 The apex court had earlier directed the Attorney General for India (AGI), R Venkatramani, appearing for the CCI, to take instructions on whether the antitrust body agrees to transfer all cases to a single-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court, where some of the cases are already pending.

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