Must not be afraid: K''taka HC junks Amazon, Flipkart plea against CCI probe Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed a plea by Amazon and Flipkart against a probe initiated by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the alleged violation of competition law. A division bench comprising justices Satish Chandra Sharma and Natraj Rangaswamy passed the order on a batch of appeals moved by the e-commerce companies challenging a June 11 order passed by a single judge of the high court. The high court bench noted that by no stretch of imagination the inquiry can be quashed at this stage and the appellants shouldn''t be afraid of investigation by CCI. The bench said: "In the considered opinion of the court, appeals filed by appellants are devoid of merit and deserved to be dismissed" Amazon had moved Karnataka High Court against the CCI order which had called for a director general (DG)-level investigation into allegations of anti-competitive conduct in the online sale of smartphones on its platform. Delhi Vyapar Mahasangh (DVM), the informant before the CCI, had alleged predatory pricing, deep discounting, preferential seller listing, and exclusive partnerships, among others, against Amazon and Flipkart.