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Future-Reliance deal: SC stays Delhi HC proceedings on Amazon's plea

Future-Reliance deal: SC stays Delhi HC proceedings on Amazon's plea
Written by Siddhant Pandey
Sep 09, 2021, 02:18 pm 3 min read
Future-Reliance deal: SC stays Delhi HC proceedings on Amazon's plea
The Delhi HC’s proceedings initiated by Amazon seeking to halt the Future Group-Reliance deal have been stayed.

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed all proceedings before the Delhi High Court in the Amazon-Future Group-Reliance dispute. The top court stayed the proceedings initiated by Amazon seeking to enforce an order by a Singapore-based arbitrator. The concerned order had halted a $3.4 billion merger deal between Future Retail Limited and Reliance group, which favored Amazon. Here are more details.

Case
SC was hearing Future's plea against Delhi HC order

An SC bench—headed by CJI NV Ramana—was hearing a special leave petition by Future Coupons Private Ltd and Future Retail Ltd. The petition challenged a March order passed by the Delhi High Court that directed the attachment of Future Group and its promoter Kishore Biyani's assets. It also issued a show-cause notice for the civil arrest of Biyani and Future Group's directors.

Order
What did the SC say in its order?

The SC on Thursday stayed all proceedings before the Delhi HC. The court also asked all authorities, including the NCLAT, CCI, and the SEBI to not pass final orders in the matter for four weeks. The court passed the order after hearing arguments from Future Group's counsel—senior advocates Harish Salve and Mukul Rohatgi—and senior advocate Gopal Subramanium for Amazon.

Deal
What was the contentious deal between Future Group and Reliance?

Amazon had bought a 49% stake in one of Future's unlisted firms, Future Coupons, in 2019 with a right to buy into Future Retail for a period ranging from three to 10 years. Future Coupons owns a 7.3% stake in Future Retail. Last August, Future Group announced that it would sell its retail, wholesale, and logistics businesses to Reliance's retail arm Reliance Retail Ventures.

Context
Amazon claims Future violated contract

According to Amazon, Future violated its contract with the US firm by agreeing to sell its retail assets to Reliance Industries last year. However, both Future and Reliance have continued to push for the deal as the former denies any wrongdoing. Last October, a Singapore-based arbitrator halted the Future Group-Reliance merger and Amazon said the order was enforceable under Indian laws.

Delhi HC
What did the Delhi HC order say?

In March, a single-judge Delhi HC bench of Justice JR Midha directed the attachment of property of Future Group companies and their promoters for violating the Singapore arbitrator's emergency award. The court also asked them to file additional affidavits listing details of their assets and properties. Further, the court had asked Future Retail to deposit Rs. 20 lakh to the PM's COVID-19 fund.

Recent news
SC ruled in Amazon's favor last month

Last month, an SC bench headed by Justice RF Nariman ruled in Amazon's favor. The court held that the Singapore arbitrator's emergency award was enforceable under Indian laws. It also ruled that the single judge's order was not appealable to the HC's division bench under Section 37(2) of the Arbitration Act. Thus, the top court had reinstated the order of the Delhi HC.

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Siddhant Pandey covers national and health news at NewsBytes. He has over five years of experience working as a multimedia journalist covering hard news in New Delhi. He was previously employed with The Indian Express and News World India and has juggled roles as a correspondent, copy editor, and video producer. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida.
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