CAIT Says Amazon's Arbitrary Policies to Dominate India's Retail Trade Should End
4 years ago

CAIT Says Amazon's Arbitrary Policies to Dominate India's Retail Trade Should End

News 18  

Trader’s body CAIT on Monday said Amazon’s “manipulative, coercive, arbitrary and dictatorial policies” to dominate India’s retail trade should come to an end, hours after the Delhi High Court passed an order related to Future Group’s proposed asset sale to Reliance Retail, a deal that is being opposed by Amazon. The court rejected Future Retail Ltd’s plea for an interim injunction to restrain Amazon from writing to Sebi, the Competition Commission and other authorities about the SIAC arbitral order against the proposed Rs 24,713 crore deal with Reliance Retail. The “manipulative, coercive, arbitrary and dictatorial policies of Amazon” to control and dominate the retail trade of India through e-commerce should come to an end now. In August 2019, Amazon bought 49 per cent stake in one of Kishore Biyani-led Future Group’s unlisted — Future Copouns Ltd — with the right to buy into the listed flagship FRL after a few years, if the government were to undo its bar on foreign ownership of multi-brand retailers.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

Supreme Court Disposes Amazon-Future Case As Parties Agree To Resume Singapore Arbitration Proceedings
2 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Disposes Amazon-Future Case As Parties Agree To Resume Singapore Arbitration Proceedings

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday recorded the agreement between Amazon and Future Group to approach the Singapore Arbitration Tribunal to resume the arbitration proceedings on an understanding that the Tribunal will on priority hear Future Retail Ltd's application seeking termination of the arbitration proceedings instituted by Amazon against the FRL's merger with Reliance Group. Based on the agreement by parties …

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 …

'Dues of $634 million compelled' takeover of Future Retail, says Reliance
2 years, 8 months ago

'Dues of $634 million compelled' takeover of Future Retail, says Reliance

Hindustan Times  

India's top retailer, Reliance, has privately defended an abrupt takeover of the stores of debt-laden rival Future Retail, saying mounting dues of $634 million compelled it to act beyond expectations, a company letter shows. A woman wearing a Reliance JioMart vest instructs workers as they stock their products inside a Future Retail's closed Big Bazaar retail store in Mumbai. As …

Banks to take Future to debt recovery tribunal
2 years, 9 months ago

Banks to take Future to debt recovery tribunal

Live Mint  

MUMBAI : Lenders to Future Retail Ltd have abandoned plans to sue the company for the unapproved transfer of hundreds of its stores to Reliance Retail, two bankers aware of the plans said, adding that they will enforce their rights through the debt recovery tribunal and bankruptcy tribunal instead. The bankers cited above said procedures to take Future Retail to …

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 urges SC to halt RIL takeover of FRL stores
2 years, 9 months ago

Amazon urges SC to halt RIL takeover of FRL stores

Hindustan Times  

Talks between Amazon and the Future Group aimed at resolving their long-running legal battle over the latter’s proposed $3.4 billion sale of retail assets to Reliance Industries have failed, lawyers for the companies informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The bench then asked Harish Salve and Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for FRL, if the attempt by Future is to make …

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 …

Mukesh Ambani vs Amazon: How Reliance is winning game of thrones in Future retail dispute
2 years, 9 months ago

Mukesh Ambani vs Amazon: How Reliance is winning game of thrones in Future retail dispute

India Today  

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries and US giant Amazon have been vying to get the upper hand in one of the world's fastest-growing retail markets, which is India. AMAZON-FUTURE DISPUTE AND RELIANCE In 2019, Amazon and Future, number two player in India behind market leader Reliance, became business partners when the US company invested $200 million in a unit of the …

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 …

Future v Amazon: "35,000 Jobs Will Be Saved, Banks Will Be Paid, No Shops Will Be Closed If Reliance Deal Goes Through" Future Group Lawyers To Supreme Court
2 years, 10 months ago

Future v Amazon: "35,000 Jobs Will Be Saved, Banks Will Be Paid, No Shops Will Be Closed If Reliance Deal Goes Through" Future Group Lawyers To Supreme Court

Live Law  

In the Amazon-Future case, the Future Group on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that if Future Retail Ltd's deal with the Reliance goes through, 35000 jobs will be saved, no shops will be closed, Banks will be paid out as well, and FRL's debt will be paid to the last rupee.Senior Advocate Harish Salve appearing for Future Retail was …

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 remands Amazon-Future dispute to Delhi HC for fresh consideration on merits
2 years, 10 months ago

SC remands Amazon-Future dispute to Delhi HC for fresh consideration on merits

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday remanded to the Delhi High Court the Amazon- Future group dispute, asking it to hear the case afresh on merits, uninfluenced by “any observations” made in orders passed in 2021. A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana set aside three orders of the Delhi High Court passed last year, on February …

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 …

'Future Retail Will Sink With 30,000 Employees If Reliance Deal Doesn't Get Through' : Future Group Lawyers To Supreme Court In Case Against Amazon
2 years, 11 months ago

'Future Retail Will Sink With 30,000 Employees If Reliance Deal Doesn't Get Through' : Future Group Lawyers To Supreme Court In Case Against Amazon

Live Law  

In the Amazon-Future case, the Future Group on Tuesday submitted before the Supreme Court that being in a financially precarious situation, Future Retail Ltd will "sink with 30,000 employees losing their jobs" if the Rs 26,000 crores deal with the Reliance doesn't go through.Both FRL and Future Coupons Pvt Ltd argued that FRL should be allowed to go forward with …

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 …

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 Reserves Order On Plea By Future Group Challenging Orders Of Singapore Tribunal Refusing To Terminate Arbitration Proceedings
2 years, 11 months ago

Delhi High Court Reserves Order On Plea By Future Group Challenging Orders Of Singapore Tribunal Refusing To Terminate Arbitration Proceedings

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court will tomorrow pronounce orders on the plea filed by Future Group challenging the two orders passed by Singapore Arbitration Tribunal deferring hearing in it's plea seeking termination of arbitration proceedings after final hearing from January 5 to 8, 2022. Amazon invoked arbitration proceedings in Singapore to halt Future Retail's deal with the Reliance group. Background Justice …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

Amazon seeks to pause antitrust review of 2019 deal with India's Future Group: Report
3 years ago

Amazon seeks to pause antitrust review of 2019 deal with India's Future Group: Report

India Today  

Amazon.com Inc has asked India's Supreme Court to pause an expedited review of allegations that the U.S. firm concealed information while seeking antitrust clearance for a 2019 deal with India's Future Group, legal papers seen by Reuters showed. The Competition Commission of India in June accused Amazon of concealing facts and making false submissions when it sought approval for the …

Future Retail Employees Ask SC to Sell Its Retail Assets, Rule Against Amazon
3 years, 1 month ago

Future Retail Employees Ask SC to Sell Its Retail Assets, Rule Against Amazon

News 18  

Employees of India’s Future Retail have asked the Supreme Court to allow the company to sell its retail assets and rule against Amazon.com Inc in an ongoing dispute, citing risks to 27,000 jobs, according to a legal filing seen by Reuters. Future has failed to close its $3.4 billion deal to sell its retail assets to market leader Reliance Industries …

Future asks Delhi court to quash Singapore panel’s block on RIL deal
3 years, 1 month ago

Future asks Delhi court to quash Singapore panel’s block on RIL deal

Live Mint  

New Delhi: India's Future Retail has asked a Delhi court to quash a decision by a Singapore arbitration panel that has kept the $3.4 billion sale of Future's retail assets in limbo while the panel hears objections from Amazon.com Inc. Amazon has mounted legal challenges against Future's planned asset sale to market leader Reliance Industries since last year, accusing the …

Reliance Gets NCLT Permission to Seek Creditors’ Nod for Proposed Future-Retail Deal
3 years, 2 months ago

Reliance Gets NCLT Permission to Seek Creditors’ Nod for Proposed Future-Retail Deal

News 18  

The Mumbai Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal on October 18 allowed Reliance to go ahead with seeking creditors’ nod, CNBC-TV18 reported. Reliance Retail, the retail arm of oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries, had moved the NCLT and sought permission to proceed with seeking creditors’ nod for reorganising companies in lieu of the proposed Future-Retail Deal. Last month, on September …

Future Gets NCLT Go-ahead to Conduct Shareholders Meeting for Deal with Reliance: Sources
3 years, 2 months ago

Future Gets NCLT Go-ahead to Conduct Shareholders Meeting for Deal with Reliance: Sources

News 18  

The National Company Law Tribunal on Tuesday allowed Kishore Biyani-led Future Group firms to hold meetings of its shareholders and creditors to seek approval for the sale of assets to Reliance Retail Ltd. A Mumbai-based two-member NCLT bench comprising Suchitra Kanuparthi and Chandra Bhan Singh dismissed the application filed by e-commerce major Amazon opposing the scheme of merger of the …

Amazon spends Rs 8,546 cr in legal expenses during 2018-20 to maintain presence in India: Report
3 years, 3 months ago

Amazon spends Rs 8,546 cr in legal expenses during 2018-20 to maintain presence in India: Report

Firstpost  

Amazon is locked in a legal tussle over the takeover of Future Group and is facing a probe by the Competition Commission of India. US e-commerce giant Amazon, which is said to be investigating alleged bribes paid by its legal representatives in India, spent a staggering Rs 8,546 crore or $1.2 billion in legal expenses for maintaining a presence in …

SC stays proceedings in Future Group, Amazon dispute
3 years, 3 months ago

SC stays proceedings in Future Group, Amazon dispute

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed proceedings in the dispute between Future Group and e-commerce giant Amazon over a nearly ₹25,000-crore merger deal with Reliance Retail, taking into consideration the “balance of interests of both parties”. The stay order and subsequent freeze on any action by statutory authorities for the next four weeks comes as a relief for the Future …

Future-RIL deal: Amazon flags Supreme Court’s ruling to SEBI
3 years, 3 months ago

Future-RIL deal: Amazon flags Supreme Court’s ruling to SEBI

The Hindu  

Amazon has written to SEBI requesting the regulator to direct stock exchanges to withdraw the ‘Observation Letters’ that were issued related to the proposed ₹24,713-crore Future-Reliance deal. The U.S. e-commerce giant has also urged SEBI to take necessary action to comply with the recent Supreme Court judgment related to the deal. “In light of the directions contained in the Enforcement …

Amazon-FRL Dispute : Future Coupons Move Supreme Court Against Delhi HC Single Bench Order Attaching Assets
3 years, 4 months ago

Amazon-FRL Dispute : Future Coupons Move Supreme Court Against Delhi HC Single Bench Order Attaching Assets

Live Law  

After a setback, Future Group firm Future Coupons Private Ltd moved the Supreme Court on August 12, seeking a stay against the order passed by the single bench of the Delhi High Court that directed attachment of assets of Future Coupons, Future Retail, Future Group Promote Kishore Biyani's assets and issued a show-cause notice for Civil Arrest of Biyani and …

Supreme Court Rules In Favour Of Amazon In Case Against Future Retail.
3 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Rules In Favour Of Amazon In Case Against Future Retail.

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favour of e-commerce giant Amazon in its dispute with Future Retail Limited over the latter's merger deal with Reliance group. "We declare that full party autonomy is given by the Arbitration Act to have a dispute decided in accordance with institutional rules which can include Emergency Arbitrators delivering interim orders, described as "awards". …

Big win for Amazon over rival Reliance in India top court battle
3 years, 4 months ago

Big win for Amazon over rival Reliance in India top court battle

Al Jazeera  

India’s Supreme Court blocks $3.4-bn deal struck by Reliance as battle to dominate country’s retail sector intensifies. US e-commerce giant Amazon has won a major legal victory in India as the country’s top court blocks a $3.4bn deal struck by domestic rival Reliance. Amazon, Walmart-backed Flipkart and Reliance, owned by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, are locked in a titanic …

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