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 LawIn 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 arguing in favour of NCLT proceedings with regard. The appeals remanded back to High Court were filed challenging High Court's orders directing coercive steps against Future group and the order refusing to stay the Singapore Arbitration Tribunal's refusal to vacate the Emergency Award which restrained Future's deal with Reliance. : Bench asks Amazon Responding to the Court's query, Mr Subramanium submitted that the question of jurisdiction is an objection maintainable under Section 16 of the Arbitration Act, and FRL's objection has already been dismissed. So according to Mr Subramanium, the Supreme Court's interim order in Future's SLP permitting NCLT to continue the proceedings will also be vacated once as it was subjected to Arbitration Tribunal's order dismissing FRL's application to vacate the Emergency Arbitrator's order.