Can Amazon Be Tamed In India -Antitrust Probe -Will It Be Forced To Change Its Modus Operandi In India?

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Article by MM Sharma, Head Competition Law & Policy Practice, Vaish Associates, Advocates, New Delhi, India
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Vide its order dated 09 August, 2021, the Supreme Court of India declined to interfere against the Karnataka High Court judgment of 11 June 2021. Amazon (and Walmart controlled Flipkart) were not able to convince the highest judiciary in India, to stall the Antitrust probe against their alleged unfair business practices affecting retail online and offline vendors in India.

 Previously the Karnataka High Court vide its judgment dated 11 June 2021 had dismissed the Amazon's Writ Petition ( No. 3363/2020) as well as that of Flipkart's Writ Petition ( No. 4334/2020) holding that the impugned order was in the nature of an administrative direction for which no prior notice or hearing to Amazon and Flipkart was necessary and denied any intervention in