Amazon Calls For Dialogue With India’s Future Amid Raging Legal Dispute

Amazon Calls For Dialogue With India's Future Amid Raging Legal Dispute

By Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc on Thursday proposed a dialogue with its warring partner Future Group to end legal battles over a contractual dispute that has soured relations between the two sides.

Amazon’s counsel Gopal Subramanium made the proposal during a hearing before India’s Supreme Court, where he said the “whirlpool” of litigation was being dragged for too long.

“All that I’m saying is lets at least have a conversation. We cannot allow the spinners’ wheel to continue like this,” Subramanium told the court.

In response, a counsel for Future Group agreed to hold talks with Amazon. The judges said the two sides can take 10 days to reach a possible solution.

Amazon has successfully stalled Future’s $3.4 billion asset sale to Indian rival Reliance since 2020 by citing violation of certain contracts. Future denies any wrongdoing, but the U.S. firm’s position has been backed by a Singapore arbitrator and Indian courts so far.

(Reporting by Aditya Kalra in New Delhi; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)