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Supreme Court defers hearing Amazon, Future case amid Covid-19 surge

The Supreme Court has not stopped Future Group and Reliance Industries from working towards a deal.

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The Supreme Court has deferred to June 28 hearing the dispute between Amazon and Future dispute as it attends to cases related to Covid-19 pandemic, Mint reported on Wednesday.

“The Supreme Court feels this case be kept on hold until the surge in covid-19 cases is contained. Cases related to oxygen supply to hospitals, provision of covid beds, vaccines and medicines are more urgent," Mint quoted a person close to the matter.

The top court was scheduled to hear the case between US-based e-commerce giant Amazon and Kishore Biyani’s Future Group over the Rs 24,713 crore deal between Future and Reliance Industries

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