SC defers hearing in Amazon-FRL case to June

The Supreme Court has deferred the hearing of the Amazon-Future dispute by nearly two months to June 28 as it attends to more pressing matters amid the raging viral pandemic, two people aware of the matter said.

The top court was scheduled to hear the case between US-based e-commerce giant Amazon and Kishore Biyani’s Future Group over the Rs.24,713 crore deal between Future and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Tuesday. “The Supreme Court feels this case be kept on hold until the surge in Covid-19 cases is contained. Cases related to oxygen supply to hospitals, provision of Covid beds, vaccines and medicines are more urgent,” said one of the two people cited above, both of whom spoke on condition of anonymity.