Amazon Asks India Court to Jail Retail Tycoon in Legal Spat
- American e-commerce giant wants to block Future-Reliance deal
- Indian court will hear the case on Jan. 28: court website
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Amazon.com Inc. has filed a petition in an Indian court seeking the detention of Future Group’s founder and seizure of assets for violating an arbitration court’s order that temporarily halted the sale of the Indian company’s retail operations to Reliance Industries Ltd., people with knowledge of the matter said.
The Delhi High Court will hear the matter on Jan. 28. Besides seeking prison for Future Group’s CEO, tycoon Kishore Biyani, the American e-commerce giant wants a Singapore arbitrator’s ruling in October against the $3.5 billion deal to be enforced, the people said, asking not to be identified citing rules on speaking to the media.