The SC said in its order that the interim application will be transmitted to the Delhi High Court as agreed by both parties and as proceedings have already begun there
The latest hearing comes after the Supreme Court asked Future Group and Amazon to request HC to hear the case on the enforcement of the emergency arbitration award passed by SIAC
SC asks both parties to urge Delhi HC to hear enforcement pleas of US firm first
SC is scheduled to hear on Monday submissions of Amazon, seeking an interim order to ensure that FRL assets, not be alienated till dispute over its merger with Relaince Retail is decided by tribunal
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Future Retail Ltd said it has missed the due date for repayment of Rs 5,322.32 crore to lenders on account of the ongoing litigations with Amazon and other related issues
Future Retail had earlier written to RIL over the takeover of its stores, according to three people in the know
Future Retail is locked in legal battles with US retail major Amazon and has already become a non-performing asset NPA in the current quarter
Future Group companies will convene meeting with their respective shareholders and creditors on April 20 and 21 to get their approval for the Rs 24,713-crore deal with Reliance Retail
Future Group's 19 companies operating in retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing assets would be consolidated into one entity, FEL, and then transferred to Reliance
Future Retail on Wednesday said that it was committed to taking all actions necessary to seek value adjustments and reversal of takeover of stores by the Reliance group.
Development follows Delhi High Court stay on SIAC hearing the case on January 5
The Supreme Court asked the Future group to file its reply to an interim plea of Amazon seeking resumption of arbitration over Future Retail's merger deal with Reliance Retail
Senior bankers said with failure of Future-Amazon talks, banks have to think of legal action only.
The US e-commerce giant has also warned about taking action against Reliance
Future Group now has about 550 stores of around 1,500, a company official said
Sources also said the takeover of Future stores by RIL scuttles Future Group lenders' options to recover their Rs 17,000-crore ($2.2 billion) debt
Reliance jolted Amazon by taking over Future's stores, staff even as the e-commerce giant furiously tried to block formal acquisitions through lawsuits and arbitration across India and Singapore
On March 3, Supreme Court had adjourned the case between Future Group and Amazon for ten days (till March 15) as the two agreed to the proposal to resolve the dispute through mediation
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