India, Feb. 3 -- Six years after the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) ordered a probe into alleged abuse of dominance by Flipkart, the Supreme Court has now reportedly set aside that ruling and sent the matter back to the appellate tribunal for a fresh review.

As per a report by Bar and Bench, the SC bench, which comprised of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi, ruled that the NCLAT must independently decide whether there is enough basis to order an investigation, without relying on material that may not be legally relevant under the Competition Act.

Further, it noted that the earlier NCLAT ruling appeared to rely on observations made during income tax proceedings against Flipkart India. Those f...