The Supreme Court has issued a discover to Future Group on an attraction of e-commerce large Amazon in opposition to the order of the Delhi High Court on January 5 staying the continued arbitration proceedings earlier than an arbitral tribunal over Future Retail’s Rs 24,500-crore merger take care of Reliance Retail.
A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli issued notices to the Future group companies and listed the plea for listening to on February 23.
The Delhi High Court on January 5 had stayed the Amazon-Future arbitration which is occurring earlier than a three-member arbitral tribunal over the latter’s Rs 24,500-crore take care of Reliance.
Amazon and the Future Group are engaged within the authorized battle for over a yr because the e-commerce large is opposing the merger of Future Retail with its competitor Reliance Retail.
On January 25, Future Retail moved the Supreme Court looking for safety from being declared a defaulter for failing to pay mortgage dues of Rs 3,494.56 crore to its 26 lenders.
The firm — whereas making the RBI and 26 banks together with SBI, IndusInd, DBS, HDFC, Union Bank of India, as respondents in its petition — informed the SC that regardless of being conscious of the influence of Covid-19 pandemic on its enterprise/shops and in addition the freeze on the sale of its small-format shops because of its ongoing dispute with Amazon, the lenders despatched default notices to it final month.
-with PTI inputs
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