Kishore Biyani sees quick OK of Future’s $3.4 billion deal despite Amazon dispute
3 years, 11 months ago

Kishore Biyani sees quick OK of Future’s $3.4 billion deal despite Amazon dispute

Live Mint  

India's Future Group expects swift regulatory approval of its $3.4 billion deal to sell its retail assets, its chief executive said, even as its warring business partner Amazon.com Inc intensifies efforts to block the deal. A New Delhi court in December dismissed Future's request to restrain Amazon's repeated attempts to get authorities to stall the deal. AMAZON PROTESTS The outcome of the dispute embroiling Future, Reliance and Amazon is seen shaping India's retail landscape, especially in deciding who will have an upper hand in the groceries market expected to be worth around $740 billion a year by 2024. Following Amazon's 2019 deal with a Future unit, the Indian retailer's groceries and fashion products are offered for sale on Amazon's website, while Future stores also act as local warehouses serving the U.S. giant's food supply chain.

India Retail Future Amazon Indian Deal Reliance Biyani  futures  request  deal  quick  despite  billion  ok  retail  respond  order  sees  amazon  biyani  indias  indian  future  dispute  reliance  kishore

History of this topic

‘Future promoters eroded ₹60,000 cr of public wealth’
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Future promoters eroded ₹60,000 cr of public wealth’

Live Mint  

Mumbai: InGovern Research Services, a proxy advisory firm, on Wednesday approached the Securities and Exchange Board of India seeking a forensic investigation of Future Group, which ran the erstwhile BigBazaar retail chain. In its letter to Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch, InGovern said a greater regulatory scrutiny is needed by the market regulator and the Reserve Bank of India as …

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 …

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 …

'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 …

Reliance takes control of around 200 Future Retail stores, offers jobs to employees
2 years, 9 months ago

Reliance takes control of around 200 Future Retail stores, offers jobs to employees

The Hindu  

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd. has taken over the operations of at least 200 stores of Future Retail and has offered jobs to its employees after the Kishore Biyani-led group failed to make lease payments to landlords, sources said on Saturday. Reliance Retail, the retail arm of the oil-to-telecom conglomerate, had in August 2020 agreed to take over the …

Reliance Takes Charge of Future
2 years, 9 months ago

Reliance Takes Charge of Future

News 18  

Reliance Industries has stepped in to rescue Future Retail Limited, taking over the operations of its stores and offering jobs to its employees, even as the Kishore Biyani-led group is locked in a bitter legal wrangle with e-commerce major Amazon at several judicial forums over the sale of its business to the retail arm of the oil-to-telecom conglomerate. In August …

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 …

Banks act against Future Retail for missing payments
2 years, 10 months ago

Banks act against Future Retail for missing payments

The Hindu  

Lenders to Future Retail have started classifying loans to the firm as a ‘non-performing asset’ after the retailer missed payments to the banks, they told the Supreme Court in a filing. Citing its dispute with Amazon, FRL last month challenged its lenders in the top court to avoid facing insolvency proceedings or being classified as a defaulter, after it missed …

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 …

Banks act against Future Retail for missing payments
2 years, 10 months ago

Banks act against Future Retail for missing payments

Live Mint  

Lenders to India's Future Retail have started classifying loans to the retailer as a "non-performing asset" after the company missed payments to the banks, they told the country's Supreme Court in a filing seen by Reuters. Citing its dispute with Amazon, Future last month challenged its lenders in the top court to avoid facing insolvency proceedings or being classified as …

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 …

'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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 discloses new documents to bolster case against Amazon deal
3 years, 1 month ago

Future discloses new documents to bolster case against Amazon deal

Live Mint  

Independent directors at India's Future Retail have disclosed new documents in a letter to the country's antitrust watchdog aiming to bolster their case against Amazon.com Inc as they seek to revoke a 2019 deal between the two companies. A 160-page stock exchange filing on Sunday showed the directors reviewed records related to the 2019 deal between a group unit, Future …

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 …

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 …

Future seeks urgent hearing on RIL deal
3 years, 3 months ago

Future seeks urgent hearing on RIL deal

Hindustan Times  

Future Group on Friday urged the Supreme Court to grant an urgent hearing of its appeal against a Delhi high court order which seeks to stall its $3.4 billion sale of retail assets to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd apart from attaching the assets of the Group’s chairman Kishore Biyani and other directors. Appearing for the group companies, senior advocates …

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 …

Jeff Bezos’s Amazon just won in a major battle with Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance
3 years, 4 months ago

Jeff Bezos’s Amazon just won in a major battle with Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance

CNN  

New Delhi CNN Business — India’s top court has handed Amazon a major victory in its fight with Reliance Industries for the country’s growing e-commerce market. On Friday, the Supreme Court of India ruled in favor of the American company’s efforts to stop its rival Reliance from buying Future Retail, a local, cash-strapped retailer. Future Group had raised questions about …

Biyanis Induced Amazon Into Deal With Future Retail; They Are Bound By Arbitration : Amazon In Supreme Court
3 years, 5 months ago

Biyanis Induced Amazon Into Deal With Future Retail; They Are Bound By Arbitration : Amazon In Supreme Court

Live Law  

Amazon through its Counsel Senior Advocate Aspi Chinoy on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that even though Amazon- Reliance- FRL dispute seems to play out as one of Corporate entities, the promoters of FRL Kishore and Rakesh Biyani are the focus of the matter, being both the driving force of transaction initially and its breach subsequently. A Bench headed …

Supreme Court To Hear Amazon-Future-Reliance Case On July 20
3 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court To Hear Amazon-Future-Reliance Case On July 20

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned to July 20th the hearing of the petition filed by Amazon challenging an order dated March 22 passed by a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court staying a single-judge order which had upheld the Emergency Award passed by a Singapore Tribunal halting the Reliance-Future deal. Mr Salve further suggested that the Bench may …

Discover Related