Supreme Court scraps CCI's ₹202 cr penalty on Amazon over Future Group deal
The Supreme Court has set aside the Competition Commission of India's ₹202 crore penalty on Amazon and the NCLAT order that had suspended Amazon's 2019 investment in Future Coupons. The court ordered refund of recovered amounts within eight weeks, closing a long-running regulatory overhang on Amazon's India play.
Supreme Court set aside CCI's ₹202 crore penalty on Amazon and the NCLAT order that had suspended Amazon's investment deal with Future Group, ordering refund of recovered amounts within eight weeks.
Why this matters
Removes a key legal cloud over Amazon's India strategy tied to the collapsed Future Group deal, alongside fresh expansion moves like onboarding 50,000 Andhra Pradesh MSMEs to global selling.
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