Amazon India gets Delhi HC notice over Chinese brand
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has issued notice to e-commerce firm Amazon India on a petition filed against the proposed sale of products belonging to Chinese apparel brand Shein during its prime day sale, news website Live Law reported on Friday. Amazon’s prime day sale, which will be held on July 26 and 27, will also include products from Shein among 1.2 million other sellers. The company has been actively promoting it across platforms. However, Shein was among the 59 Chinese mobile apps that were banned by the government in June 2020, citing a threat to the sovereignty and integrity of India. The ban was imposed in the light of the India-China stand-off at Galwan valley.
According to Live Law, a bench comprising chief justice D.N. Patel and justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to both Amazon India and the Union government. Additional solicitor general, Chetan Sharma, accepted notice for the latter.
An e-mail sent to Amazon India on the development remained unanswered.
Senior counsel Vivek Raj Singh, representing the petitioner, submitted before the court that it is imperative that the prime day sale does not go ahead with the inclusion of Shein products in light of the ban imposed by the Centre. He cited concerns such as the transfer of data of Indian users to Chinese agencies, the counsel also apprized the court that he had made a detailed representation in this regard to the IT Ministry, Live Law reported.
In response, the ministry had sought concrete suggestions from the petitioner which was accordingly complied with.
“We immediately responded to the ministry giving suggestions such as partial suspension, third-party audits but nothing has been done by the Ministry. There should be a total ban on sale of Shein products in India”, the petitioner contended.