Delhi HC issues notice to Future, RIL retail arms on Amazon's plea

The Court issued a notice in the matter and listed it for further hearing on February 12

Jeff Bezos-led Amazon is leading the battle with Kishore Biyani-headed Future Group on multiple fronts related to the retail conglomerate’s $3.4-billion deal with Reliance. The Delhi High Court (HC) on Wednesday served a notice on Future Retail (FRL), Reliance Retail, and the Biyanis, seeking their views on a plea by Amazon against some of the observations by a single judge Bench in a December 21, 2020, interim order.

The court sought FRL’s response on Amazon’s plea challenging the prima-facie observations by a single judge Bench that the e-commerce giant’s attempt to control the Indian company was violative of the Foreign