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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine whether the burgeoning Rs 6-lakh-crore business by e-commerce platforms is liable for local body taxes on a Pune municipality's plea against a Bombay HC ruling that they were not amenable to such levy, being mere transporters of goods to the consumers' doorsteps.Pune Municipal Corporation's counsel Arvind S Avhad told a bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud, Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra that neither Flipkart nor its sister concern Instakart pay octroi and local body taxes for...