In a major relief to e-commerce majors Amazon India and Flipkart, the Karnataka High Court on Friday granted an interim stay on the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI’s) order of an investigation into some of the firms’ business practices.
The order was delivered by Justice P S Dinesh Kumar on a petition filed by Amazon, seeking an interim stay on the CCI probe order, after hearing the matter over the past three days. The court has granted the respondents eight weeks to file a counter.
“While we welcome and respect the decision of the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka, this is just