India’s antitrust agency has asked the Supreme Court to hear legal challenges to the investigation of Amazon and Wal-Mart’s Flipkart e-commerce platform, and said challenges raised by Samsung, Vivo and other Indian high courts are designed to make the investigation explored.
In a December 3 filing, Reuters review was not published publicly, and the Indian Competition Commission asked the court to hear 23 challenges raised by several suppliers on Samsung, Vivo and Amazon and Flipkart platforms to enable the case to be case. Make a quick decision.
Amazon declined to comment, while Flipkart, Samsung, Vivo and the Competition Commission did not respond to requests for comment.
The survey is the main regulatory challenge for Amazon and Flipkart in a market, with e-commerce sales scheduled to exceed US$160 billion (approximately Rs 13,55,674 crore) by 2028, up from US$57 billion (approximately, 4,82,959 crore) and above US$4,82,959 crore) by 2028 100,000 rupees) 2023 to US$60 billion (approximately Rs 508,383 crore).
The commission’s investigative department concluded in August that Amazon and Flipkart violated India’s antitrust laws because they prefer selected sellers on their website. It also found that smartphone companies such as Samsung and Vivo violated these laws by colluding with two e-commerce companies to launch products online.
Since the findings, Amazon and Flipkart suppliers, as well as Samsung and Vivo, have filed nearly second lawsuits in five Indian High Courts to stop the investigation as they want to “decay and destroy” the process. .
If allowed, a separate lawsuit would lead to absurdity, as it would interfere with the flexibility of the Director-General of the (Committee) to investigate in anything. ”
Amazon and Flipkart have faced criticism from smaller retailers over their business practices, saying they have suffered due to the deep discounts and preferential treatment the platform has suffered.
Amazon and Flipkart deny any wrongdoing.
The 2021 Reuters investigation, based on internal Amazon documents, found that the company has given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers over the years and used them to bypass Indian laws.
The incumbent committee’s investigation began in 2020 but faces many delays.
Of the 23 lawsuits filed throughout India, most of the latest challenges in the case alleged that the commission failed to comply with due process during its investigation.
A lawyer familiar with the proceedings said the committee requested the transfer of 23 cases to the Supreme Court.
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