India's antitrust body has asked the Supreme Court to hear legal challenges to an investigation of Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart e-commerce platforms

The Supreme Court declined to move cases against Amazon and Flipkart. The Competition Commission of India will approach the Karnataka High Court. The CCI wants a single judge to hear the cases first.

India's antitrust body has asked the Supreme Court to hear legal challenges to an investigation of Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart e-commerce platforms, saying those challenges, filed by Samsung, Vivo and others at Indian high courts,

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday told the Competition Commission of India (CCI) that it cannot get any “special treatment” in getting a bunch of petitions challenging its antitrust probe against e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart transferred from the high courts to the top court or the Delhi high court.

The Supreme Court has clarified to the Competition Commission of India that it will “not get special treatment” as the top court refuses to transfer the writ petitions filed in several High Courts challenging its antitrust probe against e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart.