The issue relates to a Rs 24,713 crore deal between Future Retail and Reliance Retail
Amazon urged the Delhi High Court to order enforcement of the award by Singapore's Emergency Arbitrator (EA)
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Amazon argues Future breached some pre-existing clauses by entering into a deal with Reliance
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) allowed the deal with some riders, five months after it was announced last August
The Court issued a notice in the matter and listed it for further hearing on February 12
Future Group expects normal sales to return for its retail vertical by the end of January, almost a year after the business was severely hit by pandemic-related disruptions, Kishore Biyani said
Singaporean barrister Michael Hwang joins three-member arbitration tribunal at SIAC, which is looking into the dispute over Future Group's $3.4 bn deal with Reliance Industries
"Being totally disillusioned and fed up with your lackadaisical attitude, we were left with no option, but to accept the offer from the Reliance," Biyani said
Amazon and Future Group have written to market regulator Sebi with contrasting requests over a Rs 24,713 crore buyout of assets of India's second-largest retailer
Questions thrown up by the case are salient to decide what sort of money India gets from world markets
The Competition Commission has approved Reliance's proposed acquisition of retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing businesses of Future Group. The Rs 24,713 crore deal that would boost Reliance Industries' fast growing retail business was announced in August. In a tweet on Friday, the regulator said it has approved "acquisition of retail, wholesale, logistics & warehousing businesses of Future Group by Reliance Retail Ventures Limited and Reliance Retail and Fashion Lifestyle Limited". Deals beyond a certain threshold require approval of the Competition Commission of India (CCI), which keeps a tab on unfair business practices across sectors. As per the notice submitted to the CCI, there are at least seven target entities. They are Future Enterprises, Future Consumer Ltd, Future Lifestyle Fashions Ltd, Future Retail Ltd, Future Market Networks Ltd, Future Supply Chain Solutions Ltd and Futurebazaar India Ltd and its subsidiaries. "The Transferor Companies consists of several
Future Retail admitted in a statement that the Covid-19 pandemic had impacted its business significantly
Amazon is willing to 'sink the ship' but doesn't want Reliance to acquire Future's assets, says one analyst.
It remains to be seen whether Indian courts and regulators will side with Amazon or Future Retail
'Amazon needs a "tutorial on the law on insider trading,' the company said
Corporate lawyers say Indian courts usually go along with orders given by foreign arbitration courts as witnessed in several cases before
By seeking to stall Ambani's purchase of Future, Bezos may be signaling that he would rather remain a rival
Dispute centres around Future's decision to sell some of its biz to RIL for $3.38 billion
Experts share their insights on the enforceability of SIAC's interim order in India and the legal options before the players, namely Future group, Amazon and Reliance Retail