INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Amazon has urged Competition Commission of India to revoke clearance to Future-Reliance dealAmazon has asked the Competition Commission of
violating an order suspending the deal, a letter seen by Reuters shows.The approval for the deal was a "nullity in the eyes of law" as an
India's booming, nearly trillion-dollar retail market.The winner in the fight for Future Retail Limited, India's second-largest retailer
and Amazon's estranged local partner, will get pole position in the race to meet the daily needs of more than a billion people.The CCI,
Amazon, Future Group and Reliance did not respond to requests for comment.Future has said the arbitrator's suspension order was invalid
but courts have declined to overturn it
If the regulator agrees with the previously unreported letter, it would be a major setback for oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance.Amazon
won an injunction against the deal from a Singapore arbitrator last year, alleging Future had violated contracts that prevented it from
selling the assets to entities including Reliance
But the CCI later cleared the deal.Future misled the CCI and continued to seek approval for the deal, Amazon said in the letter dated
Wednesday, calling the injunction a "brazen attempt to subvert the rule of law"
Amazon asked for a personal hearing from the CCI to make its case.The letter comes as Amazon is also battling allegations that it
misrepresented facts and concealed information while seeking antitrust clearance for a 2019 deal with Future Group.Amazon has so far
successfully used this deal's contracts to block Future's deal with Reliance.
