Thermax surges 7% on Rs 546-cr order; Talbros Automotive zooms 27% in 2 days as Vijay Kedia increases stake; Future Retail falls 6% as Delhi High Court rejects plea to dismiss Amazon arbitration
Division bench of Delhi HC stays proceedings of arbitral tribunal till next date of hearing; also stays order of the single judge of Delhi HC.
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Shares in Future Group companies fell on Wednesday, a day after an Indian court dismissed Future Retail's appeal to declare arbitration proceedings with Amazon.com Inc as illegal.
Dismisses its plea seeking a direction to SIAC to decide on its application
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Amazon and Future have been locked in a bitter legal tussle after the US e-commerce giant dragged Future Group to arbitration at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre in Oct 2020
Delhi HC will pass order today
Amazon moves Delhi HC, objects to ED asking for disclosure of legally privileged documents. Multiple Amazon executives had been summoned and the probe has caused 'unnecessary harassment', it says
The NSE index has now declined nearly 11 per cent from its all-time in the last two months; Midcap and Smallcap indices were down over 3 per cent each
Indian Sellers Collective (ISC) on Monday welcomed the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) order to suspend its approval for Amazon's deal with the Future Group signed in 2019, while seeking speedy resolution of pending cases against the multinational e-commerce platform and related parties. ISC, which claims to be an umbrella body bringing together trade associations and representative bodies of Indian sellers across the country, said the CCI's reversal "validates the double standards being practiced by foreign retailers". It exposed "how Amazon has been operating with double standards posing as a transaction platform while acting as a retailer in reality with the intent to control the country's retail market, it urges regulators to expedite all other pending cases against the company and its related parties", ISC said in a statement. ISC Member & National Coordinator Abhay Raj Mishra said CCI's reversal of order "reposes the faith in regulators against malpractices". "The ..
Future Retail (Rs 57.50) and Future Supply Chain Solutions (Rs 80.75), Future Lifestyle Fashions (Rs 59.20), Future Enterprises (Rs 11.61) and Future Consumer (Rs 8.19) rallied 20% on the BSE
Says Amazon made false and incorrect statements while seeking approvals
CCI says Amazon provided 'false and incorrect information' and said it suppressed 'material facts' of 2019 Future deal; asks Amazon to again file detailed Form II within a period of 60 days
Amazon says sentiment will be hit if its 2019 deal with Future gets revoked by the anti-trust body and would send a negative signal to foreign investors
Generali "wants to have a majority which could be a 74% stake but also (could be) slightly less. Future wants to completely exit the businesses," said one of the sources.
The court again expressed displeasure on Wednesday over the written notes submitted by Future Group
Three-judge bench gives direction in Amazon's SLP against Delhi High Court order directing CCI to take a decision on show cause notice issued by it to Amazon in 10 days
The approval for the deal was a "nullity in the eyes of law" as an arbitrator's order was still in force, according to the letter sent by Amazon.com Inc to the CCI
Amazon is fighting a legal battle with FRL to stop the Kishore Biyani-led retailer's $3.4 billion deal with Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)