Amazon goes to India court to stall partner Future’s retail deal

Amazon.com Inc has requested an Indian court to block partner Future Group’s $3.4 billion deal to sell its retail assets and called for the Indian group’s CEO to be detained, a court filing seen by Reuters showed.

In the U.S. giant’s latest effort to derail Future’s asset sale to Reliance Industries, it asked the High Court in New Delhi to enforce the decision of a Singapore arbitrator, which Amazon and Future had agreed to use in case of disputes, the filing showed.

In October, the arbitrator issued an interim order saying Future’s deal with Reliance should be put on hold. Future has “deliberately” disobeyed the arbitrator’s order without challenging it, Amazon argued in its court filing, which is likely to be heard by the court in New Delhi later this week.