Amazon challenges ED probe into 2019 deal with Future Group
3 years ago

Amazon challenges ED probe into 2019 deal with Future Group

India Today  

Amazon.com Inc is set to take the Enforcement Directorate to court over an ongoing investigation related to the US e-commerce giant’s 2019 deal with Future Group. On Wednesday, Amazon approached the Delhi High Court with an appeal to quash the ED investigation related to its $200 million investment in Future Coupons Private Limited. In the court filing, Amazon has called the ED’s investigation a “fishing and roving” inquiry, adding that the ED had sought privileged legal advice and opinions from Amazon and other information not connected to the Future Group deal. Read | Amazon seeks to pause antitrust review of 2019 deal with India's Future Group: Report FRESH TWIST IN AMAZON-FUTURE LEGAL BATTLE Amazon’s petition is the latest twist in its long-running dispute with Future Group.

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Supreme Court To Hear Plea By CCI Seeking To Transfer Amazon, Flipkart Cases
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1 week, 5 days ago

Supreme Court To Hear Plea By CCI Seeking To Transfer Amazon, Flipkart Cases

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will soon consider the plea filed by the Competition Commission of India seeking the transfer of writ petitions filed challenging the probe against e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart. Attorney General for India, R Venkatramani today mentioned before the bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna for hearing the transfer pleas before December 17 as then the Karnataka High Court …

CCI enlists attorney general R Venkataramani to clear path for Amazon, Flipkart antitrust probes
2 weeks ago

CCI enlists attorney general R Venkataramani to clear path for Amazon, Flipkart antitrust probes

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India has engaged attorney general R Venkataramani, the country’s highest-ranking law officer, to fight its case against various current and former online sellers of Amazon and Flipkart, including Cloudtail India Pvt Ltd, Appario Retail Pvt Ltd and Samsung India Electronics Pvt Ltd, two people informed about the development said. These companies have filed writ …

Amazon, Flipkart's support for unfair business practices irks CCI, matter goes to Supreme Court
2 weeks ago

Amazon, Flipkart's support for unfair business practices irks CCI, matter goes to Supreme Court

India TV News  

Troubles for Amazon and Flipkart continue as they face significant legal challenges. The Competition Commission of India has recently taken action by filing a petition in the Supreme Court, accusing both companies of unfair business practices. If the court rules in favour of Amazon and Flipkart, it could slow down the CCI's ongoing investigations and set a precedent for future …

India antitrust body seeks Supreme Court hearing to expedite Amazon, Flipkart cases
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

India antitrust body seeks Supreme Court hearing to expedite Amazon, Flipkart cases

Live Mint  

* India's antitrust body seeks Supreme Court hearing on challenges in Amazon, Flipkart probe * Twenty-three legal challenges filed by Samsung, Vivo and vendors over investigation * Antitrust body says challenges aim to scuttle its investigation By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, Dec 9 - India's antitrust body has asked the Supreme Court to hear legal challenges to an investigation of …

ED likely to summon top Amazon, Flipkart executives over FDI rule violations
1 month ago

ED likely to summon top Amazon, Flipkart executives over FDI rule violations

India Today  

Top executives of e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart are under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate over alleged violations of foreign investment regulations, sources have told India Today. The development follows extensive searches conducted by the ED at over 19 locations associated with vendors of Amazon and Flipkart across Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Panchkula. The ED's investigation stems from …

ED to start investigating Flipkart, Amazon's relationship with sellers
1 month ago

ED to start investigating Flipkart, Amazon's relationship with sellers

Firstpost  

The ED is scrutinising whether Amazon and Flipkart controlled vendors in ways that violate regulations, which mandate that these platforms operate purely as intermediaries and not as inventory-based businesses Nationwide searches were conducted earlier this month at 19 sites linked to prominent sellers of Amazon and Flipkart in New Delhi, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad. Image Credit: Reuters The Enforcement Directorate is …

ED to question Amazon, Flipkart officials over alleged foreign investment law violations: Report
1 month, 1 week ago

ED to question Amazon, Flipkart officials over alleged foreign investment law violations: Report

Live Mint  

The Enforcement Directorate of India will question Amazon and Flipkart officials as it steps up an investigation into alleged foreign investment law violations, days after raiding some of the e-commerce firms' sellers, Reuters reported on Monday, November 11, citing a senior government source. The latest raids were triggered by Amazon and Flipkart's antitrust investigation findings, which said the platforms “had …

Google, Amazon, Apple lobby group opposes India's EU-like antitrust proposal
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Google, Amazon, Apple lobby group opposes India's EU-like antitrust proposal

Hindustan Times  

A U.S. lobby group representing tech giants Google, Amazon and Apple has asked India to rethink its proposed EU-like competition law, arguing regulations against data use and preferential treatment of partners could raise user costs, a letter shows. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Citing increasing market power of a few big digital companies in India, a government panel in February proposed …

FTC to file antitrust case against Amazon as soon as Tuesday
1 year, 3 months ago

FTC to file antitrust case against Amazon as soon as Tuesday

The Hindu  

September 23, 2023 09:19 am | Updated 09:50 am IST The Federal Trade Commission will file a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon in federal court as soon as Tuesday, Politico reported on Friday, kicking off the latest leg in the US effort to rein in the market power of Big Tech companies. The legal action, which would follow federal lawsuits …

U.S. antitrust agency preparing lawsuit against Amazon
1 year, 10 months ago

U.S. antitrust agency preparing lawsuit against Amazon

The Hindu  

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is preparing a possible antitrust lawsuit against e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. It could not be determined exactly which aspects of Amazon's businesses the FTC would target and the timing of any case was uncertain, according to the report. Amazon in December reached …

RIL among 16 interested in Future Retail’s IBC assets
2 years, 1 month ago

RIL among 16 interested in Future Retail’s IBC assets

Live Mint  

MUMBAI : Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries is among 16 suitors who have submitted expressions of interest to take over Future Retail Ltd, a person aware of the development said. On 29 August 2020, Reliance Industries announced a ₹24,713-crore deal that involved the proposed sale of Future Group’s retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing businesses. According to the invitation for EoIs, Future …

Amazon Moves Supreme Court Challenging CCI's Decision To Revoke Approval For Deal With Future Coupons
2 years, 3 months ago

Amazon Moves Supreme Court Challenging CCI's Decision To Revoke Approval For Deal With Future Coupons

Live Law  

Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC has approached the Supreme Court assailing the order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, which rejected Amazon's plea challenging thedecision of Competition Commission of India to keep the approval granted to the e-commerce giant's deal with Future Coupons in abeyance. FCPL filed an application before the CCI under Sections 43A, 44 and 45 of …

Amazon offers concessions to head off European Union anti-trust case
2 years, 5 months ago

Amazon offers concessions to head off European Union anti-trust case

The Hindu  

Amazon, seeking to resolve two European Union anti-trust investigations, has promised to treat third-party merchants on its website fairly, the bloc's competition watchdog said on July 14. The U. S. online retail giant offered to make a number of commitments to ease competition concerns, and the European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's top antitrust enforcer, said it will now seek feedback …

NCLAT Endorses CCI's Penalty Order Against Amazon: A Setback For Amazon And A Leap In Jurisprudence
2 years, 5 months ago

NCLAT Endorses CCI's Penalty Order Against Amazon: A Setback For Amazon And A Leap In Jurisprudence

Live Law  

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal vide its order dated June 13, 2022, has upheld the order of the Competition Commission of India against Amazon, where the CCI penalized the latter for giving false and misleading information in the notice and suppressing material facts relating to the actual scope and purpose of the acquisition of Future group companies. Subsequently, the …

Bank Of India V Future Retail: NCLT Mumbai Reserves Order On Amazon's Intervention Application
2 years, 5 months ago

Bank Of India V Future Retail: NCLT Mumbai Reserves Order On Amazon's Intervention Application

Live Law  

The National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai Bench, comprising of Justice P.N. Deshmukh and Shri Shyam Babu Gautam, while adjudicating an intervention application filed by Amazon in Bank of India v Future Retail Ltd., has vide an order dated 27.06.2022 reserved the matter for orders on the intervention application. Brief introduction Future Retail Ltd. is the flagship company of the Kishore …

NCLAT rejects Amazon's appeal against CCI order suspending Future deal
2 years, 6 months ago

NCLAT rejects Amazon's appeal against CCI order suspending Future deal

The Hindu  

In a major setback to Amazon, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on June 13 rejected the U.S. e-commerce giant's appeal against an antitrust suspension of its investment deal with Future Group, saying the retailer had not made full disclosures at the time of seeking approval. It supported the CCI findings that Amazon didn't make full disclosures regarding the deal …

Amazon's petition against Future rejected; directs to deposit over Rs 200 cr penalty in 45 days
2 years, 6 months ago

Amazon's petition against Future rejected; directs to deposit over Rs 200 cr penalty in 45 days

Firstpost  

In December last year, the Competition Commission of India suspended the approval given by it in 2019, for Amazon’s deal to acquire a 49 per cent stake in Future Coupons Pvt Ltd New Delhi: The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Monday rejected Amazon’s plea challenging the decision of fair trade regulator CCI to suspend the approval for the e-commerce …

Reliance abandons plans to buy Indian retailer amid challenges
2 years, 7 months ago

Reliance abandons plans to buy Indian retailer amid challenges

Al Jazeera  

Reliance’s decision to back out comes after almost two years of litigation as Amazon contested the takeover. In a filing Saturday, Reliance Industries Ltd. said its proposal to acquire certain assets of Mumbai-based Future Group — which ran the nation’s biggest retail grocery chain before the pandemic struck — “cannot be implemented” after its flagship firm Future Retail Ltd. failed …

Amazon-Future Row: SC Orders Resumption Of Arbitration Over Future Retail Merger With RIL
2 years, 8 months ago

Amazon-Future Row: SC Orders Resumption Of Arbitration Over Future Retail Merger With RIL

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took note of the consent of US e-commerce major Amazon and Future group and ordered the resumption of arbitral proceedings before the SIAC tribunal over Future Retail's merger deal to the tune of Rs 24,500 crore with Reliance Retail Ltd. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and …

Amazon & Future Retail Agree In Supreme Court To Appear Before Singapore Arbitration Tribunal
2 years, 8 months ago

Amazon & Future Retail Agree In Supreme Court To Appear Before Singapore Arbitration Tribunal

Live Law  

Amazon and Future Retail Ltd on Monday expressed their agreement before the Supreme Court to appear before the Singapore Arbitration Tribunal. The development happened in the special leave petition filed by Amazon challenging the Delhi High Court's order which stayed the arbitration proceedings on a challenge made by FRL. Background: The Apex Court was hearing a special leave petition filed …

Future Group Colluding With Reliance To Handover Stores, Amazon Alleges Before Supreme Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Future Group Colluding With Reliance To Handover Stores, Amazon Alleges Before Supreme Court

Live Law  

Seeking orders to restrain Future Retail Limited from alienating its assets, e-commerce giant Amazon submitted before the Supreme Court that the FRL was acting in collusion with Reliance so to let the latter take over the former's stores in violation of the injunction orders. Amazon's Notice: Amazon has also issued a public notice alleging that Future Group is on the …

Amazon vs Reliance: Future of retail supremacy in India hangs in balance
2 years, 9 months ago

Amazon vs Reliance: Future of retail supremacy in India hangs in balance

India Today  

Amazon and Future group have been locked in a complex legal stand-off for more than a year now. AMAZON TO SUPREME COURT Amazon has apprehended the "disappearance” of assets and sought an interim order from the Supreme Court to ensure the preservation of assets of Future Retail Ltd besides resumption of arbitration over FRL’s merger deal with Reliance Retail. A …

Amazon driving us to our knees, we're broke: Future Retail to Supreme Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Amazon driving us to our knees, we're broke: Future Retail to Supreme Court

India Today  

US e-commerce major Amazon told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the talks with the Future Group to resolve the dispute over Future Retail's merger deal with Reliance Retail have failed and sought intervention to ensure that the stores of FRL are not taken over. The bench, also comprising justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli, is hearing Amazon's appeal …

'Can't Stop Reliance Taking Over Stores As We're Broke' : Future Retail Tells Supreme Court In Amazon's Case
2 years, 9 months ago

'Can't Stop Reliance Taking Over Stores As We're Broke' : Future Retail Tells Supreme Court In Amazon's Case

Live Law  

"We've been saying from day one that Amazon is driving us to our knees, they have done it, we're broke. Senior Advocate Harish Salve appearing for Future Retail Limited made the submission before a Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli. The submission came in response to the contention put forth …

Amazon slams Reliance takeover of Future stores as 'fraud' in newspaper ads
2 years, 9 months ago

Amazon slams Reliance takeover of Future stores as 'fraud' in newspaper ads

Hindustan Times  

Amazon.com Inc has gone on the attack in its bitter dispute with two retailers, accusing them of fraud in newspaper ads on Tuesday after Reliance Industries suddenly took over many of Future Retail stores. Amazon's public outcry comes even though on March 3 it offered to hold talks. Amazon has been contesting the planned $3.4 billion sale of Future Group's …

Amazon Plans To File Criminal Case Against Future Over Store Transfers To Reliance, Says Report
2 years, 9 months ago

Amazon Plans To File Criminal Case Against Future Over Store Transfers To Reliance, Says Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: US e-commerce giant Amazon Inc plans to start criminal proceedings against its Indian partner Future Retail this week for allowing transfer of assets to Reliance Industries despite a legal prohibition, quoting sources Reuters reported on Thursday. Amazon and Future Group have been tangled in a legal impasse for over a year that has stalled the Indian firm’s $3.4-billion …

Delhi High Court Commences Hearing In Amazon - Future Dispute
2 years, 9 months ago

Delhi High Court Commences Hearing In Amazon - Future Dispute

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday commenced hearing in a bunch of pleas pertaining to disputes between Amazon and Future Group, over the latter's deal with Reliance Retail.A single judge bench comprising of Justice C Hari Shankar is hearing a batch of petitions and appeals listed pursuant to the judgment dated 1st February, 2022 passed by the Supreme Court in …

Future Retail-Reliance Merger: SC Allows Future Retail To Move HC To Seek Resumption Of NCLT Proceedings
2 years, 10 months ago

Future Retail-Reliance Merger: SC Allows Future Retail To Move HC To Seek Resumption Of NCLT Proceedings

ABP News  

New Delhi: In a crucial direction from the Supreme Court, Future Retail has been allowed to move Delhi High Court to seek permission for continuation of proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal related to the sanction for its Rs 27,513-crore deal with Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd. A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising Justices A S …

Approach HC to go ahead with NCLT proceedings: SC to FRL
2 years, 10 months ago

Approach HC to go ahead with NCLT proceedings: SC to FRL

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Future Group to approach the Delhi high court with its plea seeking continuation of proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal to get final approval for the proposed $3.4 billion sale of its retail assets to Reliance. The top court refrained from examining the rival contentions of Future and Amazon on the aspect of …

Amazon- Future Disputes: Delhi High Court To Commence Hearing On February 24
2 years, 10 months ago

Amazon- Future Disputes: Delhi High Court To Commence Hearing On February 24

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Friday said that it will commence hearing in a bunch of pleas pertaining to disputes between Amazon and Future Group, over the latter's deal with Reliance Retail, on February 24. Recently, the The Supreme Court had set aside the orders dated 02.02.2021 and 18.03.2021 passed by a single judge of the High Court ordering coercive …

Supreme Court issues notice to Future group on Amazon plea against Delhi HC stay
2 years, 10 months ago

Supreme Court issues notice to Future group on Amazon plea against Delhi HC stay

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to consider a plea by e-commerce giant Amazon against a Delhi High Court stay on proceedings before a Singapore arbitral tribunal against Future group's ₹ 24,500 crore proposed deal with Reliance. The Hindu podcast | The battle between Reliance and Amazon for the Future of Indian retail A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice …

FRL-Reliance merger: Supreme Court notice to Future group on plea of Amazon
2 years, 10 months ago

FRL-Reliance merger: Supreme Court notice to Future group on plea of Amazon

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday sought a response from the Future group on Amazon's plea against the January 5 order of the Delhi High Court staying the ongoing arbitration proceedings before an arbitral tribunal over Future Retail's Rs 24,500-crore merger deal with Reliance. The Delhi High Court on January 5 had stayed the Amazon-Future arbitration which is going on …

Lenders to Future Retail call for its assets to be put up for auction
2 years, 10 months ago

Lenders to Future Retail call for its assets to be put up for auction

Live Mint  

Lenders to Future Retail, the company being fought over by Reliance Industries and Amazon.com Inc, have told India's Supreme Court that its assets should be put up for auction after it missed payments. "Let it be subjected to an open bid.This is the only solution," Rakesh Dwivedi, a lawyer acting for 30 or so of Future's lenders, told the Supreme …

SC Agrees To Hear Amazon’s Appeal In Future Group Case On Feb 8
2 years, 10 months ago

SC Agrees To Hear Amazon’s Appeal In Future Group Case On Feb 8

ABP News  

New Delhi: In a recent development in the Amazon-Future Group case, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by US e-commerce giant Amazon against the stay on arbitration order between the Future group and Amazon on February 8. On Tuesday, the SC had put aside the orders of the Delhi HC bench which also refused the arbitration that …

In latest twist, India’s Future Group challenges lenders in court
2 years, 10 months ago

In latest twist, India’s Future Group challenges lenders in court

Al Jazeera  

It’s asking India’s top court to order its lenders and central bank to give it more time, not classify it as a defaulter. Indian retailer Future Group is challenging its lenders in the Supreme Court to avoid facing insolvency proceedings over missing payments, citing its dispute with partner Amazon.com Inc, according to a legal filing reviewed by Reuters. Future, the …

Refusing To Grant Interim Relief, NCLAT Admits The Amazon's Appeal Against CCI's Order
2 years, 11 months ago

Refusing To Grant Interim Relief, NCLAT Admits The Amazon's Appeal Against CCI's Order

Live Law  

The NCLAT Bench comprising of Justice M. Venugopal and Mr. V.P. refused to grant interim relief to Amazon against its plea challenging the order of the Competition Commission of India which suspended its deal with Future Coupons Pvt. Advocates with Mr. Pavan Bhushan, Ms. Ujwala Uppaluri, Ms. Hima Lawrence, Mr. Kaustubh Prakash, Mr. Vinay Tripathi, Ms. Bani Brar, Mr. Anand …

Decoding the multilayered Amazon-Future-Reliance legal drama
2 years, 11 months ago

Decoding the multilayered Amazon-Future-Reliance legal drama

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: US-e-commerce giant Amazon and India’s Reliance Industries have been locked in a fierce battle for the future -- almost literally. The Delhi high court Future Group went to the Delhi high court against Amazon, imploring the court to restrain the US-based e-commerce major from writing to Sebi, CCI, and other regulators about SIAC’s order. While the arguments before …

Delhi High Court stays Amazon-Future arbitration over Reliance deal
2 years, 11 months ago

Delhi High Court stays Amazon-Future arbitration over Reliance deal

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the Amazon-Future arbitration which is going on before a three-member arbitral tribunal over the latter's ₹24,500-crore deal with Reliance. The high court also stayed a single judge's January 4 order that had dismissed the Future Group's two pleas seeking a direction to the arbitration tribunal, adjudicating Amazon's objections against the former's deal with …

Shares in Future Group firms fall as court dismisses appeal
2 years, 11 months ago

Shares in Future Group firms fall as court dismisses appeal

Al Jazeera  

Shares in Future Group companies have fallen a day after an Indian court dismissed Future Retail’s appeal to declare arbitration proceedings with now-estranged partner Amazon.com Inc as illegal. Amazon had successfully for months used the terms of its $200m investment in Future in 2019 to block the Kishore Biyani-owned company’s attempt to sell retail assets to Reliance, until the antitrust …

HC junks Future’s plea on arbitration with Amazon
2 years, 11 months ago

HC junks Future’s plea on arbitration with Amazon

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed pleas by Future Group companies to direct the arbitration tribunal adjudicating on Amazon’s objections against their deal with Reliance, to decide on their termination applications first before continuing with the arbitration proceedings. Justice Amit Bansal noted the grievance of the Future Group was that in terms of the December 2021 orders of the …

Delhi High Court To Hear In January Amazon's Plea Challenging Enforcement Directorate's Jurisdiction To Investigate Matters Beyond It's Power Under FEMA
3 years ago

Delhi High Court To Hear In January Amazon's Plea Challenging Enforcement Directorate's Jurisdiction To Investigate Matters Beyond It's Power Under FEMA

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court will hear on January 5 next year, the plea filed by Amazon Wholesale India Private Limited India challenging the jurisdiction Directorate of Enforcement and its officers to investigate it in the matters beyond the scope of power of the ED under the Foreign Exchange Management Act.The plea which was listed for hearing today before a single …

Delhi HC to Hear in January Amazon's Plea Challenging ED's Probe into Foreign Exchange Violation
3 years ago

Delhi HC to Hear in January Amazon's Plea Challenging ED's Probe into Foreign Exchange Violation

News 18  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday said it will hear in January a plea by Amazon challenging the jurisdiction of the Enforcement Directorate to investigate matters which are beyond its scope under the Foreign Exchange Management Act. Petitioners Amazon Wholesale Pvt Ltd and Amazon Seller Services Pvt Ltd challenged the jurisdiction of the Enforcement Directorate and its officers …

India’s Future Group’s shares surge on suspension of Amazon deal
3 years ago

India’s Future Group’s shares surge on suspension of Amazon deal

Al Jazeera  

Shares of India’s Future Group companies have surged about 20 percent after the country’s antitrust agency suspended Amazon.com Inc’s 2019 deal with the group, potentially making it easier for Reliance Retail to buy Future’s retail business. The shares soared on Monday after the regulator’s ruling on Friday that the US e-commerce giant suppressed information while seeking regulatory approval two years …

CCI Revokes Approval For Amazon's Deal With Future Group; Imposes Rs 200 Crore Penalty On Amazon For Violations
3 years ago

CCI Revokes Approval For Amazon's Deal With Future Group; Imposes Rs 200 Crore Penalty On Amazon For Violations

Live Law  

The Competition Commission of India has kept in abeyance the approval granted for the American e-commerce giant Aamzon's deal with Future Group.In a 57-page order passed on December 17, the CCI said that the approval granted as per order Order dated 28th November, 2019, for the deal of Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC to acquire 49 percent stake in Future …

CCI slaps ₹200 crore fine on Amazon, freezes Future deal
3 years ago

CCI slaps ₹200 crore fine on Amazon, freezes Future deal

The Hindu  

The Competition Commission of India on Friday froze its approval given in November 2019 to Amazon’s investment in a Future Group unit on the grounds that the U.S. e-commerce company had suppressed the scope and full details of its investment while seeking regulatory approval. The CCI decision further roils the legal landscape as Amazon seeks to block the Future Group’s …

Amazon-Future Deal: CCI Suspends 2019 Future Coupon Nod, Imposes Rs 200 Cr Penalty on US Retailer
3 years ago

Amazon-Future Deal: CCI Suspends 2019 Future Coupon Nod, Imposes Rs 200 Cr Penalty on US Retailer

News 18  

The Competition Commission of India on Friday suspended Amazon’s 2019 deal with Future Group, a unit of Future Retail Ltd. CCI had mentioned in its order, “it necessary to examine the combination afresh.” “In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section of Section 45 of the Act, the Commission hereby directs Amazon to give notice in Form II within a …

ED summons Amazon, Future Group executives in FEMA probe
3 years ago

ED summons Amazon, Future Group executives in FEMA probe

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned senior executives of Amazon India, including its country head Amit Agarwal, and that of the Future group for questioning in a foreign exchange violation probe linked to the disputed deal between the two conglomerates, official sources said on November 28. Amazon India head Agarwal, some other senior officials of the company and those of the …

ED summons top management of Amazon and FCPL over their 2019 deal
3 years ago

ED summons top management of Amazon and FCPL over their 2019 deal

Op India  

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned the top management of Amazon Inc. and Future Coupons Pvt Ltd. for questioning and verification of documents in connection with their August 2019 deal. Amazon founded by Jeff Bezos has been opposing the proposed Rs 24,700 sale of assets of Future Retail to Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries Ltd, alleging breach of control. Amazon contested …

Amazon asks CCI to revoke Reliance-Future deal approval
3 years ago

Amazon asks CCI to revoke Reliance-Future deal approval

Live Mint  

Amazon has asked India's antitrust regulator to revoke its approval for Future Retail's $3.4 billion sale of retail assets to Reliance, saying it was "illegally obtained", violating an order suspending the deal, a letter seen by Reuters shows. The battle between two of the world's richest men, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Reliance Industries Ltd boss Mukesh Ambani, marks a …

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