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.

SC has refused to transfer 24 petitions connected to antitrust violations by Flipkart and Amazon to a division bench of the Karnataka HC.

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.

The AG argued that the matter affects millions of consumers, and that CCI was in the court in public interest and not as a private litigant.

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,