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Delhi High Court - Orders

(Xli Rule 27 Of The Cpc) Future Coupons ... vs Amazon.Com Nv Investment Holdings Llc & ... on 11 May, 2022

Author: C.Hari Shankar

Bench: C. Hari Shankar

                          $~3 to 7 (Original Side) & 62 (Appellate Side)

                          *     IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
                          +     ARB. A. (COMM.) 63/2021, IA 14257/2021 & IA 3121/2022
                                (XLI Rule 27 of the CPC)

                                FUTURE COUPONS PRIVATE
                                LIMITED & ORS.                               Appellants
                                              Through: Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr.
                                              Advocates with Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Mr.
                                              Rishi Agrawala, Mr. Karan Luthra, Mr.
                                              Pranjit Bhattacharya, Mr. Sanjeevi Seshadri,
                                              Advs.
                                              versus

                                AMAZON.COM NV INVESTMENT
                                HOLDINGS LLC & ANR.                  ..... Respondents
                                             Through: Mr Gopal Subramanium, Mr.
                                             Rajiv Nayar, Mr. Gourab Banerji, Mr
                                             Mukul Gupta, Mr Arun Kathpalia, Mr. Amit
                                             Sibal, Mr. Nakul Dewan, Mr. Gaurav Bhatia,
                                             Senior Advocates with Mr. Anand S Pathak,
                                             Mr. Amit Mishra, Mr. Shashank Gautam,
                                             Ms. Sreemoyee Deb, Mr. Vijay Purohit, Mr.
                                             Mohit Singh, Ms Devna Arora, Ms.
                                             Anubhuti Mishra, Ms. Samridhi Hota, Mr.
                                             Shivam Pandey, Ms. Nikita Bangera, Mr.
                                             Pratik Jhaveri, Ms.    Didon Misri, Mr.
                                             Chetan Chawla, Mr. Faizan Mithaiwala, Mr.
                                             Vijayendra Pratap Singh, Mr. Rachit Bahl,
                                             Ms. Roopali Singh, Mr. Abhijnan Jha, Mr.
                                             Priyank Ladoia, Mr. Tanmay Sharma, Ms.
                                             Vanya Chhabra, Mr. Arnab Ray, Mr.
                                             Vedant Kapur, Mr. Shaurya Mittal, Mr.
                                             Abhisar Vidyarthi, Ms Bhagya Yadav, Mr
                                             Aman Chaudhary, Mr. Kartik Nayar, Mr.
                                             Pawan Bhushan, Ms Hima Lawrence; Ms.
                                             Ujwala Uppaluri, Mr. SP Mukherjee, Mr.
                                             TS Sundaram, Mr. Vinay Tripathi, Mr.
                                             Aishvary Vikram, Mr. Kaustubh Prakash,
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:SUNIL SINGH NEGI
                          ARB. A. (COMM.) 63/2021 & contd. matters           Page 1 of 8
Signing Date:12.05.2022
17:31:47
                                                     Ms. Anushka Shah, Ms. Neelu Mohan, Ms
                                                    Manjira Dasgupta, Ms Bani Brar, Mr
                                                    Abhinav Deshwal, Mr Digant Mishra,
                                                    Advocates for Amazon
                                                    Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ameet
                                                    Naik, Mr. Raghav Shankar, Ms. Madhu
                                                    Gadodia, Mr. Abhishek Kale, Mr.
                                                    Harshvardhan Jha, Mr. Pankaj Patel, Ms.
                                                    Ritika Sinha, Ms. Drishti Rajain, Ms.
                                                    Arshiya Sharda, Advs. for R2 /FRL
                                                    Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Adv. with Mr.
                                                    Mahesh Agarwal, Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Mr.
                                                    Karan Luthra, Mr. Pranjit Bhattacharya &
                                                    Mr. Sanjeevi Seshadri, Advs. for R2 to R13

                          +     ARB. A. (COMM.) 64/2021, IA 14285/2021 & IA 3120/2022
                                (XLI Rule 27 of the CPC)

                                FUTURE RETAIL LTD.                 ..... Appellant
                                             Through: Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. with
                                             Mr. Ameet Naik, Mr. Raghav Shankar, Ms.
                                             Madhu Gadodia, Mr. Abhishek Kale, Mr.
                                             Harshvardhan Jha, Mr. Pankaj Patel, Ms.
                                             Ritika Sinha, Ms. Drishti Rajain & Ms.
                                             Arshiya Sharda, Advs.

                                                    versus

                                AMAZON.COM NV INVESTMENT
                                HOLDINGS LLC & ORS.                  ..... Respondents
                                             Through: Mr Gopal Subramanium, Mr.
                                             Rajiv Nayar, Mr. Gourab Banerji, Mr
                                             Mukul Gupta, Mr Arun Kathpalia, Mr. Amit
                                             Sibal, Mr. Nakul Dewan, Mr. Gaurav Bhatia,
                                             Senior Advocates with Mr. Anand S Pathak,
                                             Mr. Amit Mishra, Mr. Shashank Gautam,
                                             Ms. Sreemoyee Deb, Mr. Vijay Purohit, Mr.
                                             Mohit Singh, Ms Devna Arora, Ms.
                                             Anubhuti Mishra, Ms. Samridhi Hota, Mr.
                                             Shivam Pandey, Ms. Nikita Bangera, Mr.
                                             Pratik Jhaveri, Ms.    Didon Misri, Mr.
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:SUNIL SINGH NEGI
                          ARB. A. (COMM.) 63/2021 & contd. matters               Page 2 of 8
Signing Date:12.05.2022
17:31:47
                                                     Chetan Chawla, Mr. Faizan Mithaiwala, Mr.
                                                    Vijayendra Pratap Singh, Mr. Rachit Bahl,
                                                    Ms. Roopali Singh, Mr. Abhijnan Jha, Mr.
                                                    Priyank Ladoia, Mr. Tanmay Sharma, Ms.
                                                    Vanya Chhabra, Mr. Arnab Ray, Mr.
                                                    Vedant Kapur, Mr. Shaurya Mittal, Mr.
                                                    Abhisar Vidyarthi, Ms Bhagya Yadav, Mr
                                                    Aman Chaudhary, Mr. Kartik Nayar, Mr.
                                                    Pawan Bhushan, Ms Hima Lawrence; Ms.
                                                    Ujwala Uppaluri, Mr. SP Mukherjee, Mr.
                                                    TS Sundaram, Mr. Vinay Tripathi, Mr.
                                                    Aishvary Vikram, Mr. Kaustubh Prakash,
                                                    Ms. Anushka Shah, Ms. Neelu Mohan, Ms
                                                    Manjira Dasgupta, Ms Bani Brar, Mr
                                                    Abhinav Deshwal, Mr Digant Mishra,
                                                    Advocates


                          +     OMP (ENF.) (COMM.) 17/2021, EX.APPL.(OS) 228/2022,
                                EX.APPL.(OS) 230/2022, EX.APPL.(OS) 232/2022 and
                                EX.APPL.(OS) 370/2022

                                AMAZON.COM NV INVESTMENT
                                HOLDINGS LLC                         ..... Decree Holder
                                             Through: Mr Gopal Subramanium, Mr.
                                             Rajiv Nayar, Mr. Gourab Banerji, Mr
                                             Mukul Gupta, Mr Arun Kathpalia, Mr. Amit
                                             Sibal, Mr. Nakul Dewan, Mr. Gaurav Bhatia,
                                             Senior Advocates with Mr. Anand S Pathak,
                                             Mr. Amit Mishra, Mr. Shashank Gautam,
                                             Ms. Sreemoyee Deb, Mr. Vijay Purohit, Mr.
                                             Mohit Singh, Ms Devna Arora, Ms.
                                             Anubhuti Mishra, Ms. Samridhi Hota, Mr.
                                             Shivam Pandey, Ms. Nikita Bangera, Mr.
                                             Pratik Jhaveri, Ms.    Didon Misri, Mr.
                                             Chetan Chawla, Mr. Faizan Mithaiwala, Mr.
                                             Vijayendra Pratap Singh, Mr. Rachit Bahl,
                                             Ms. Roopali Singh, Mr. Abhijnan Jha, Mr.
                                             Priyank Ladoia, Mr. Tanmay Sharma, Ms.
                                             Vanya Chhabra, Mr. Arnab Ray, Mr.
                                             Vedant Kapur, Mr. Shaurya Mittal, Mr.
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:SUNIL SINGH NEGI
                          ARB. A. (COMM.) 63/2021 & contd. matters              Page 3 of 8
Signing Date:12.05.2022
17:31:47
                                                     Abhisar Vidyarthi, Ms Bhagya Yadav, Mr
                                                    Aman Chaudhary, Mr. Kartik Nayar, Mr.
                                                    Pawan Bhushan, Ms Hima Lawrence; Ms.
                                                    Ujwala Uppaluri, Mr. SP Mukherjee, Mr.
                                                    TS Sundaram, Mr. Vinay Tripathi, Mr.
                                                    Aishvary Vikram, Mr. Kaustubh Prakash,
                                                    Ms. Anushka Shah, Ms. Neelu Mohan, Ms
                                                    Manjira Dasgupta, Ms Bani Brar, Mr
                                                    Abhinav Deshwal, Mr Digant Mishra,
                                                    Advocates


                                                    versus

                                FUTURE COUPONS
                                PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS.              ..... Judgment Debtors
                                              Through: Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. with
                                              Mr. Ameet Naik, Mr. Raghav Shankar, Ms.
                                              Madhu Gadodia, Mr. Abhishek Kale, Mr.
                                              Harshvardhan Jha, Mr. Pankaj Patel, Ms.
                                              Ritika Sinha, Ms. Drishti Rajain & Ms.
                                              Arshiya Sharda, Advs. for JD 2
                                              Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Adv. with Mr.
                                              Mahesh Agarwal, Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Mr.
                                              Karan Luthra, Mr. Pranjit Bhattacharya &
                                              Mr. Sanjeevi Seshadri, Advs. for JD 2 to 13

                          +     OMP (ENF.) (COMM.) 59/2022, EX.APPL.(OS) 317/2022 and
                                EX.APPL.(OS) 318/2022

                                AMAZON.COM NV INVESTMENT
                                HOLDINGS LLC                         ..... Decree Holder
                                             Through: Mr Gopal Subramanium, Mr.
                                             Rajiv Nayar, Mr. Gourab Banerji, Mr
                                             Mukul Gupta, Mr Arun Kathpalia, Mr. Amit
                                             Sibal, Mr. Nakul Dewan, Mr. Gaurav Bhatia,
                                             Senior Advocates with Mr. Anand S Pathak,
                                             Mr. Amit Mishra, Mr. Shashank Gautam,
                                             Ms. Sreemoyee Deb, Mr. Vijay Purohit, Mr.
                                             Mohit Singh, Ms Devna Arora, Ms.
                                             Anubhuti Mishra, Ms. Samridhi Hota, Mr.
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:SUNIL SINGH NEGI
                          ARB. A. (COMM.) 63/2021 & contd. matters            Page 4 of 8
Signing Date:12.05.2022
17:31:47
                                                     Shivam Pandey, Ms. Nikita Bangera, Mr.
                                                    Pratik Jhaveri, Ms.      Didon Misri, Mr.
                                                    Chetan Chawla, Mr. Faizan Mithaiwala, Mr.
                                                    Vijayendra Pratap Singh, Mr. Rachit Bahl,
                                                    Ms. Roopali Singh, Mr. Abhijnan Jha, Mr.
                                                    Priyank Ladoia, Mr. Tanmay Sharma, Ms.
                                                    Vanya Chhabra, Mr. Arnab Ray, Mr.
                                                    Vedant Kapur, Mr. Shaurya Mittal, Mr.
                                                    Abhisar Vidyarthi, Ms Bhagya Yadav, Mr
                                                    Aman Chaudhary, Mr. Kartik Nayar, Mr.
                                                    Pawan Bhushan, Ms Hima Lawrence; Ms.
                                                    Ujwala Uppaluri, Mr. SP Mukherjee, Mr.
                                                    TS Sundaram, Mr. Vinay Tripathi, Mr.
                                                    Aishvary Vikram, Mr. Kaustubh Prakash,
                                                    Ms. Anushka Shah, Ms. Neelu Mohan, Ms
                                                    Manjira Dasgupta, Ms Bani Brar, Mr
                                                    Abhinav Deshwal, Mr Digant Mishra,
                                                    Advocates
                                                    Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Adv., Mr. Mahesh
                                                    Agarwal, Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Mr. Karan
                                                    Luthra, Mr. Pranjit Bhattacharya & Mr.
                                                    Sanjeevi Seshadri, Advs.

                                              versus
                                FUTURE COUPONS
                                PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS.          ..... Judgment Debtors
                                              Through: Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. with
                                              Mr. Ameet Naik, Mr. Raghav Shankar, Ms.
                                              Madhu Gadodia, Mr. Abhishek Kale, Mr.
                                              Harshvardhan Jha, Mr. Pankaj Patel, Ms.
                                              Ritika Sinha, Ms. Drishti Rajain & Ms.
                                              Arshiya Sharda, Adv. For R2

                          +     CS(COMM) 493/2020, IA 10377/2020, IA 8888/2021 and IA
                                8889/2021

                                FUTURE RETAIL LTD.                      ..... Plaintiff
                                             Through: Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Adv. with
                                             Mr. Ameet Naik, Mr. Raghav Shankar, Ms.
                                             Madhu Gadodia, Mr. Abhishek Kale, Mr.
                                             Harshvardhan Jha, Mr. Pankaj Patel, Ms.
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:SUNIL SINGH NEGI
                          ARB. A. (COMM.) 63/2021 & contd. matters              Page 5 of 8
Signing Date:12.05.2022
17:31:47
                                                     Ritika Sinha, Ms. Drishti Rajain & Ms.
                                                    Arshiya Sharda, Advs.

                                                    versus

                                AMAZON.COM NV INVESTMENT
                                HOLDINGS LLC & ORS.                  ..... Defendants
                                             Through: Mr Gopal Subramanium, Mr.
                                             Rajiv Nayar, Mr. Gourab Banerji, Mr
                                             Mukul Gupta, Mr Arun Kathpalia, Mr. Amit
                                             Sibal, Mr. Nakul Dewan, Mr. Gaurav Bhatia,
                                             Senior Advocates with Mr. Anand S Pathak,
                                             Mr. Amit Mishra, Mr. Shashank Gautam,
                                             Ms. Sreemoyee Deb, Mr. Vijay Purohit, Mr.
                                             Mohit Singh, Ms Devna Arora, Ms.
                                             Anubhuti Mishra, Ms. Samridhi Hota, Mr.
                                             Shivam Pandey, Ms. Nikita Bangera, Mr.
                                             Pratik Jhaveri, Ms.     Didon Misri, Mr.
                                             Chetan Chawla, Mr. Faizan Mithaiwala, Mr.
                                             Vijayendra Pratap Singh, Mr. Rachit Bahl,
                                             Ms. Roopali Singh, Mr. Abhijnan Jha, Mr.
                                             Priyank Ladoia, Mr. Tanmay Sharma, Ms.
                                             Vanya Chhabra, Mr. Arnab Ray, Mr.
                                             Vedant Kapur, Mr. Shaurya Mittal, Mr.
                                             Abhisar Vidyarthi, Ms Bhagya Yadav, Mr
                                             Aman Chaudhary, Mr. Kartik Nayar, Mr.
                                             Pawan Bhushan, Ms Hima Lawrence; Ms.
                                             Ujwala Uppaluri, Mr. SP Mukherjee, Mr.
                                             TS Sundaram, Mr. Vinay Tripathi, Mr.
                                             Aishvary Vikram, Mr. Kaustubh Prakash,
                                             Ms. Anushka Shah, Ms. Neelu Mohan, Ms
                                             Manjira Dasgupta, Ms Bani Brar, Mr
                                             Abhinav Deshwal, Mr Digant Mishra,
                                             Advocates
                                             Mr. K.R. Sasiprabhu, Mr. Vinayak Maini &
                                             Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advs. for Defendant
                                             No. 14 and 15
                                             Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Adv. with Mr.
                                             Mahesh Agarwal, Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Mr.
                                             Karan Luthra, Mr. Pranjit Bhattacharya &
                                             Mr. Sanjeevi Seshadri, Advs. for D2 to 13
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:SUNIL SINGH NEGI
                          ARB. A. (COMM.) 63/2021 & contd. matters            Page 6 of 8
Signing Date:12.05.2022
17:31:47
                           +     W.P.(C) 14967/2021, CM APPL. 47253/2021, CM APPL.
                                354/2022, CM APPL. 487/2022, CM APPL. 2122/2022 and
                                CM APPL. 7775/2022

                                AMAZON WHOLESALE
                                INDIA PVT & ANR.                                  Petitioners
                                                    Through:    Mr Gopal Subramanium, Mr.
                                                    Rajiv Nayar, Mr. Gourab Banerji, Mr
                                                    Mukul Gupta, Mr Arun Kathpalia, Mr. Amit
                                                    Sibal, Mr. Nakul Dewan, Mr. Gaurav Bhatia,
                                                    Senior Advocates with Mr. Anand S Pathak,
                                                    Mr. Amit Mishra, Mr. Shashank Gautam,
                                                    Ms. Sreemoyee Deb, Mr. Vijay Purohit, Mr.
                                                    Mohit Singh, Ms Devna Arora, Ms.
                                                    Anubhuti Mishra, Ms. Samridhi Hota, Mr.
                                                    Shivam Pandey, Ms. Nikita Bangera, Mr.
                                                    Pratik Jhaveri, Ms.     Didon Misri, Mr.
                                                    Chetan Chawla, Mr. Faizan Mithaiwala, Mr.
                                                    Vijayendra Pratap Singh, Mr. Rachit Bahl,
                                                    Ms. Roopali Singh, Mr. Abhijnan Jha, Mr.
                                                    Priyank Ladoia, Mr. Tanmay Sharma, Ms.
                                                    Vanya Chhabra, Mr. Arnab Ray, Mr.
                                                    Vedant Kapur, Mr. Shaurya Mittal, Mr.
                                                    Abhisar Vidyarthi, Ms Bhagya Yadav, Mr
                                                    Aman Chaudhary, Mr. Kartik Nayar, Mr.
                                                    Pawan Bhushan, Ms Hima Lawrence; Ms.
                                                    Ujwala Uppaluri, Mr. SP Mukherjee, Mr.
                                                    TS Sundaram, Mr. Vinay Tripathi, Mr.
                                                    Aishvary Vikram, Mr. Kaustubh Prakash,
                                                    Ms. Anushka Shah, Ms. Neelu Mohan, Ms
                                                    Manjira Dasgupta, Ms Bani Brar, Mr
                                                    Abhinav Deshwal, Mr Digant Mishra,
                                                    Advocates for Amazon
                                                    Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv. with Mr.
                                                    Anand S. Pathak, Mr. Amit Kumar Mishra,
                                                    Mr. Rohan Jaitley, Mr. Gaurav Mahajan, Mr.
                                                    Abhinav Tandon, Mr. Nakul Gandhi, Mr.
                                                    Tushar Bhatnagar, Mr. Yash Kumar, Mr.
                                                    Ayush Kaushik, Mr. Angaj Gautam & Mr.
                                                    Kaustubh Seth, Advs. for P1
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:SUNIL SINGH NEGI
                          ARB. A. (COMM.) 63/2021 & contd. matters               Page 7 of 8
Signing Date:12.05.2022
17:31:47
                                                     Mr. Rajiv Nayar & Mr. Mukul Gupta Sr.
                                                    Advs. with Mr. Anand S. Pathak, Mr. Amit
                                                    Kumar Mishra, Mr. Gaurav Mahajan, Mr.
                                                    Abhinav Tandon, Mr. Nakul Gandhi, Mr.
                                                    Tushar Bhatnagar, Mr. Yash Kumar, Ms.
                                                    Manjira Dasgupta & Mr. Saurabh Seth,
                                                    Advs. for P2

                                             Versus
                                THE DIRECTORATE OF
                                ENFORCEMENT & ORS.                  ..... Respondents
                                             Through: Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG with Mr.
                                             S.V. Rajiv, ASG with Mr. Amit Mahajan,
                                             CGSC with Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Spl.
                                             Counsel for ED, Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Mr.
                                             Vivek Gurnani and Mr. Kritagya Kumar
                                             Kait, Advs.
                                             Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Adv. with Mr.
                                             Rishi Agrawala, Mr. Pranjit Bhattacharya,
                                             Mr. Sanjeevi Seshadri & Mr. Sukrith Seth,
                                             Advs. for Intervenor

                                CORAM:
                                HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR

                                             ORDER

% 11.05.2022 For continuation of submissions of Mr. Nayar, re-notify on 18th May, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. C.HARI SHANKAR, J MAY 11, 2022 SS Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:SUNIL SINGH NEGI ARB. A. (COMM.) 63/2021 & contd. matters Page 8 of 8 Signing Date:12.05.2022 17:31:47