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Delhi HC Dismisses Future Group's (FRL) Petitions on Amazon Arbitration Case

03 January 2022, Mumbai:

BIYANI COS HAD SOUGHT TERMINATION OF PROCESS

The Delhi High Court dismissed two petitions by Future Group seeking that a Singapore tribunal is directed to hear its plea on terminating the arbitration initiated by Amazon, ahead of final proceedings scheduled this week on the case.

Future Retail Ltd (FRL) and Future Coupons Pvt Ltd (FCPL) had approached the Delhi court with separate petitions calling upon it to ask the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) to give precedence to its December application for terminating the process instead of completing the remaining hearings as scheduled in the year-long arbitration.

"Both the petitions are dismissed." justice Amit Bansal ruled on Tuesday, a day after hearing arguments from the petitioners and Amazon's lawyers".

SOURCE: ET Dt 05-01-2022 (The news article has not been edited by DFU PUBLICATIONS staff)

 

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Delhi HC Dismisses Future Group's (FRL) Petitions on Amazon Arbitration Case

Delhi HC: Future Group's Plea Seeking Termination Of Singapore Arbitration Order Dismissed

04 January 2022, Mumbai:

The Delhi High Court dismissed both the petitions filed by Future Coupons and Future Retail seeking termination of SIAC's order.

In a major setback to Future Group, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed Future Group's plea seeking termination of the order passed by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). The Delhi High Court dismissed both the petitions filed by Future Coupons and Future Retail seeking termination of SIAC's order.

Delhi High Court Dismisses Future Group's Plea Challenging Orders Of  Singapore Arbitration Tribunal Refusing To Terminate Arbitration Proceedings

Future Retail Ltd (FRL), along with its promoters, approached the High Court of Delhi against the orders passed by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) last week related to the Future-Reliance deal.

Future Retail filed a writ petition before Delhi High Court seeking to halt arbitration proceedings in light of CCI order.

 

The Singapore tribunal had on December 30 refused to consider the Future group's request for terminating the arbitration proceedings before the commencement of the final hearing this week.

In August 2020, the Future group had announced Rs 24,713-crore deal for the sale of the retail and wholesale business and the logistics and warehousing segment to Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd.

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CAIT appeals centre to stick to playbook by not relaxing rules & regulations in upcoming e-commerce draft

03 January 2021, Mumbai:

Body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has strongly appealed & demanded Union Commerce Minister, Piyush Goyal to release out e-commerce policy and rules at the earliest, this on Sunday said that the move thretens traders to shut their businessesgiven the level playing field.

In a letter to Piyush Goyal, CAIT observed, “The traders in the country shall be compelled to close their businesses in a phase-wise fashion owing to the unfair and unethical business practices of the e-commerce companies prevalent all through."

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Given the regulations around the e-commerce sector in India and unfair business practices including predatory pricing, aggressive discounting, cash burn, exclusivity, unfair advantage of they owning inventory and preferential seller system by e-commerce companies such as AmazonFlipkarts of the world.

Just to emphasize the merit of CAIT arguement, it had sought a ban on Amazon’s portal and its operations in India for multiple reasons & in perpetuity in the past. 

 

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Future files a writ petition before Delhi HC on S'pore arbitration

04 January 2022, Mumbai:
Kishore Biyani's Future Retail (FRL) has filed a writ petition before the Delhi high court, seeking to quash the Singapore arbitration proceedings, which had ruled in favour of US e-tailer Amazon.

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FRL's move comes ahead of further hearings at Singa-pore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) that are set to take place soon. While the petition was heard on Mon- day, the court is expected to pass an order on Tuesday.

SOURCE: TOI Dt 04-01-2022 (The news article has not been edited by DFU Publications staff)

 

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Future files a writ petition before Delhi HC on S'pore arbitration

Retailers Association of India (RAI): Use Hospitalisation Trend for Curbs against Covid19

24 December 2021, Mumbai:

Retail Worries RAI writes to Delhi CM saying latest curbs are like partial lockdown'

The Retailers Association of India (RAI) said it will call on Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, and other states not to impose curbs such as those put in place by Delhi to tackle the Omicron variant.

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Such measures to tackle Covid-19 are like "partial lockdowns and they "create uncertainty for businesses and confusion in the minds of consumers," it said.

SOURCE: ET Dt 30-12-21

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