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The Supreme Court made it clear on Thursday it will not allow stalling of the arbitral proceedings pending before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) pertaining to the ongoing legal tussle between US e-commerce major Amazon and the Future Group, saying the sanctity of such proceedings needed to be maintained. You (Future group and others) cannot keep stultifying the proceeding before the arbitral tribunal and this is just a ploy to delay the proceeding. These are all ploys by well-heeled parties to delay the arbitration proceeding. Your client is trying to be too clever by half, a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices Hima Kohli and J B Pardiwala said. Justice Chandrachud said he was concerned as the CJI due to the claim made that there was rule of law prevailing in the country. You can in any case challenge the final award to be passed in the arbitral proceedings, the bench said, making clear we will make sure that the arbitral proceedings go
Future Enterprises has received a three-month extension from the Registrar of Companies for holding its annual general meeting, a regulatory filing by the debt-ridden firm said. The Registrar of Companies, Mumbai, through a letter dated September 21, 2022, has accorded its approval to the company granting an extension for three months for holding the AGM of the company before December 31, 2022. "Accordingly, the aforesaid AGM of the Company would be held within the extended timeline," said FEL in late night filing on Wednesday. Earlier this month, another Future group firm - Future Lifestyle Fashions - had got a three-month extension for conducting its AGM. Section 96 of the Companies Act, 2013, mandates a company to hold AGM every year, within six months from the date of closing of the financial year. Moreover, there should not be a gap of more than 15 months between the two AGMs. However, the section also empowers RoC to extend by a period not exceeding three months, upon ...
Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd (FLFL) on Saturday said its consolidated net loss narrowed to Rs 135.96 crore in the April-June quarter of FY23. The company had posted a net loss of Rs 348.08 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago, said FLFL, the fashion and apparel retailer arm of the Future group, in a BSE filing. Its revenue from operations was down 8.42 per cent to Rs 272.88 crore during the period under review as against Rs 297.99 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal, the company said. FLFL's total expenses stood at Rs 436.56 crore, down 33.45 per cent in Q1/FY23 against Rs 656.07 crore a year ago. "The company has incurred loss before tax during the quarter ended June 30, 2022 amounting to Rs 142.40 crore primarily owing to lower sales volumes, finance costs and depreciation," said FLFL in its earnings statement. FLFL has in-house retail chains Central and Brand Factory, exclusive brand outlets (EBOs) and other multi-brand outlets (nearly a dozen apparel labels