Delhi High Court yet again calls for accountability from e-commerce platforms

The single Judge of the Delhi High Court (Court), Justice Pratibha Singh, has recently passed a detailed order on the role, responsibility and accountability of intermediaries and held that the e-commerce platforms are bound by the Model Framework for Guidelines on Direct Selling 2016 (Direct Selling Guidelines) and restrained the e-commerce platforms from selling the products of the Plaintiffs (defined below) except with the written consent from the Plaintiffs.