NEW DELHI, Jan. 27 -- In a setback for Reliance Industries Ltd-owned streaming platform JioStar, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed its plea seeking to halt the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) investigation into alleged abuse of dominance and discriminatory pricing in Kerala's television distribution market.

A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Sandeep Mehta said the matter was at a preliminary stage and that the regulator should be allowed to proceed.

"Sorry, dismissed. Let the regulator investigate. It is only at a preliminary stage. It is only an investigation," the bench observed while rejecting the plea.

JioStar had challenged a 3 December 2025 order of the Kerala High Court, which refused to stay the CCI probe and d...