Debt-laden Future Retail's offshore bondholders were promised 100% payment in the rescue offer from Ambani but Indian lenders were asked to take a haircut of as much as 66%.
Reliance’s decision to back out comes after almost two years of tortuous litigation in various courtrooms across India and Singapore that worsened the financial health of Future Group.
Ambani settled the dispute over who gets to own the assets of Future Retail not in an arbitration tribunal, or in a courtroom, but in a shopping aisle.
The apex court bench said the high court should consider the plea of Future Retail on the issue without being influenced by the observations made in its order.
Having already missed a 31 December deadline to lenders, Future has until the end of this month to come up with the money for the debt. But insiders say it won’t be able to do so.
An ordinary commercial dispute between Amazon and Future Retail founders shines a harsh light on the quality of legal and regulatory protection investors receive in India.
There is a prima facie case in favour of appellants Future Retail and Future Coupons and if a stay is not granted, it will cause an irreparable loss to them, the HC says.
A halt or termination of the arbitration case would be a setback for Amazon, which is in a race with Reliance to dominate India’s billion-plus consumer market.
Two letters have been sent to India's competition authority by three directors of Future Retail Ltd, alleging that Amazon has misled the regulator about nature of an investment in 2019.
Learning from the 1997 Asian financial crisis, central banks have been accumulating dollars to help defend their currencies during periods of wild market swings.
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