CCI recalls Flipkart antitrust probe report after Xiaomi complaint

India's antitrust body has recalled its investigation report into competition law breaches by e-commerce giant Walmart's Flipkart, a document shows, second such move after a report on Apple was revoked in August.

China's Xiaomi had complained to Competition Commission of India (CCI) that report - which found Flipkart, some of its sellers, and smartphone players in violation of competition laws - contained commercial secrets that should have been redacted, Reuters reported in September.

According to two sources and an internal CCI document dated October 1 seen by Reuters on Tuesday, watchdog has told recipients of Flipkart report to destroy it and give an undertaking to that effect to avoid furr distribution.

Xiaomi argued report contained its model-wise sales, which are sensitive information.

CCI document ted some data and information was "inadvertently" included in report and provided parties involved with a new report, though it did t spell out what changes it was making.

Xiaomi declined to comment, while CCI and Flipkart did t respond to Reuters' queries.

In August, CCI recalled an antitrust report on Apple after company complained commercial secrets were disclosed to some of parties involved.

In a lengthy investigation that started in 2020, CCI found Flipkart, as well as e-commerce rival Amazon , gave preference to select sellers and prioritised certain listings, and also colluded with companies like Xiaomi, Samsung and Vivo to launch phones exclusively on ir websites.

Much of investigation process, however, remains on hold after Vivo and some online sellers of two e-commerce companies challenged ir inclusion in probe and obtained court injunctions.