India: Amazon may file criminal case against Future Retail over store transfer to Reliance

India: Amazon may file criminal case against Future Retail over store transfer to Reliance

Amazon.com Inc plans to initiate criminal court proceedings this week against its Indian partner Future Retail for allowing the transfer of assets to a major rival despite a legal prohibition, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

For more than a year, Amazon and Future Group have been in a legal stand-off that has stalled Future’s $3.4 billion sale of assets to Reliance Industries.

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