India, Feb. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a 2020 order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) directing the director general of the Competition Commission of India to probe alleged violations of competition law by e-commerce giant Flipkart.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi remanded the matter back to the NCLAT for fresh adjudication.

It held that the NCLAT must reconsider the case after taking into account Flipkart's contention that the tribunal had relied on observations made by an assessing officer in income tax proceedings, which were subsequently set aside by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT).

The court clarified that all issues have b...