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Delhi High Court - Orders

Amazon Wholesale India Pvt Ltd & Anr vs The Directorate Of Enforcement & Ors on 12 April, 2022

Author: Sudhir Kumar Jain

Bench: Sudhir Kumar Jain

                          $~A-118, O1, O2, O3, O4 and O5
                          *     IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
                          +     W.P.(C) 14967/2021, CM APPL. 47253/2021, CM APPL. 354/2022,
                                CM APPL. 487/2022, CM APPL. 2122/2022 & CM APPL.
                                7775/2022

                                AMAZON WHOLESALE
                                INDIA PVT LTD & ANR.                                 ..... Petitioners
                                              Through:             Mr. Siddharth 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. Kaustubh Seth, Advs. for
                                                                   Petitioner 1
                                                                   Mr. Rajeev Nayar, Mr. Mukul Gupta,
                                                                   Mr. Sidharth Aggarwal Senior
                                                                   Advocates 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. Sowjhanya
                                                                   Shankaran, Advs. for Petitioner 2

                                                     versus

                                THE DIRECTORATE OF
                                ENFORCEMENT & ORS.                                    ..... Respondents
                                             Through:              Mr. Zoheb Hossain, Spl. Counsel for
                                                                   ED with Mr. Vivek Gurnani and
                                                                   Ms.Snehal Kaila, Advs.
                                                                   Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Advocate
                                                                   with Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Mr. Rishi
                                                                   Agrawala, Mr. Karan Luthra,
                                                                   Mr.Pranjit Bhattacharya, Mr. Sanjeevi
                                                                   Seshadri, Advs. for Future Coupons


Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:HARVINDER KAUR
                          W.P.(C) 14967/2021 & connected matters                           Page 1 of 8
BHATIA
Signing Date:21.04.2022
16:27:29
                                                           Pvt Ltd-Intervenor.
                                                          Mr.    Krishnan     Venugopal Sr.
                                                          Advocate with Mr. Rajat Sehgal,
                                                          Advocate for Intervener/CAIT
                          +     OMP (ENF.) (COMM.) 59/2022 & EX.APPLs.(OS) 317-18/2022
                                AMAZON.COM NV INVESTMENT
                                HOLDINGS LLC                            ..... Decree Holder
                                             Through: Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Mr. Rajiv
                                                      Nayar, Mr. Gourab Banerji, Mr Arun
                                                      Kathpalia, Mr. Amit Sibal, Mr Nakul
                                                      Dewan, Senior Advocates with Mr.
                                                      Anand S Pathak, Mr. Amit K Mishra,
                                                      Mr.        Shashank           Gautam,
                                                      Ms.Sreemoyee Deb, Mr. Vijay
                                                      Purohit, Mr. Mohit Singh, Mr. Promit
                                                      Chatterjee, 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, ARB. A. (COMM.) 63/2021
                                                      & contd. matters Page 6 of 8
                                                      Mr.Tanmay Sharma, Ms. Vanya
                                                      Chhabra, Mr. Arnab Ray, Mr.Vedant
                                                      Kapur, Mr. Shaurya Mittal, Mr.
                                                      Abhisar Vidyarthi, 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 and Ms
                                                      Manjira Dasgupta, Advocates.

                                                     versus


Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:HARVINDER KAUR
                          W.P.(C) 14967/2021 & connected matters                Page 2 of 8
BHATIA
Signing Date:21.04.2022
16:27:29
                                 FUTURE COUPONS PRIVATE
                                LIMITED & ORS.                          ..... Judgment Debtors
                                               Through: Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Advocate with
                                                           Mr.Ameet Naik, Adv. for Judgment
                                                           Debtor 1
                                                           Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv. and
                                                           Mr.Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Adv. with
                                                           Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv., Mr.
                                                           Rishi Agrawala, Adv., Mr.Karan
                                                           Luthra,     Adv.,       Mr.     Pranjit
                                                           Bhattacharya, Adv., Mr. Sanjeevi
                                                           Seshadri,     Adv.,     Mr.    Vishnu
                                                           Tallagragada, Advs. for Judgment
                                                           Debtors 2 to 13.
                          +     ARB. A. (COMM.) 63/2021, IA 14257/2021 & IA 3121/2022

                                FUTURE COUPONS PRIVATE
                                LIMITED & ORS.                                 Appellants
                                               Through: Mr. Mukul Rohatgi and 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 Arun
                                                      Kathpalia, Mr. Amit Sibal, Mr Nakul
                                                      Dewan, Senior Advocates with Mr.
                                                      Anand S Pathak, Mr. Amit K Mishra,
                                                      Mr.    Shashank      Gautam,     Ms.
                                                      Sreemoyee Deb, Mr. Vijay Purohit,
                                                      Mr. Mohit Singh, Mr. Promit


Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:HARVINDER KAUR
                          W.P.(C) 14967/2021 & connected matters                      Page 3 of 8
BHATIA
Signing Date:21.04.2022
16:27:29
                                                            Chatterjee, 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, 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
                                                           and Ms Manjira Dasgupta, Advocates
                                                           for Respondent 1 Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr.
                                                           Advocate with Mr. Ameet Naik, Mr.
                                                           Raghav Shankar, Ms. Madhu
                                                           Gadodia, Mr. Abhishek Kale,
                                                           Mr.Harshvardhan Jha and Mr Pankaj
                                                           Patel, Advs. for Respondent 2/FRL.
                          +     ARB. A. (COMM.) 64/2021, IA 14285/2021 & IA 3120/2022
                                FUTURE RETAIL LTD.                                  ..... Appellant
                                             Through:              Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Advocate with
                                                                   Mr.Ameet    Naik, Mr.         Raghav
                                                                   Shankar, Ms. Madhu Gadodia,
                                                                   Mr.Abhishek Kale, Mr. Harshvardhan
                                                                   Jha and Mr. Pankaj Patel, Advs. for
                                                                   FRL
                                                     versus

                                AMAZON.COM NV INVESTMENT
                                HOLDINGS LLC & ORS.                  ..... Respondents
                                             Through: Mr Gopal Subramanium, Mr. Rajiv


Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:HARVINDER KAUR
                          W.P.(C) 14967/2021 & connected matters                           Page 4 of 8
BHATIA
Signing Date:21.04.2022
16:27:29
                                                           Nayar, Mr. Gourab Banerji, Mr Arun
                                                          Kathpalia, Mr. Amit Sibal, Mr Nakul
                                                          Dewan, Senior Advocates with Mr.
                                                          Anand S Pathak, Mr. Amit K Mishra,
                                                          Mr.         Shashank         Gautam,
                                                          Ms.Sreemoyee Deb, Mr. Vijay
                                                          Purohit, Mr. Mohit Singh, Mr. Promit
                                                          Chatterjee, 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,
                                                          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
                                                          and Ms Manjira Dasgupta, Advocates
                                                          for Respondent 1.
                                                          Mr. Mukul Rohatgi and Mr. Dayan
                                                          Krishnan, Sr. Advocates with
                                                          Mr.Mahesh Agarwal, Mr. Rishi
                                                          Agrawala, Mr. Karan Luthra,
                                                          Mr.Pranjit Bhattacharya, Mr. Sanjeevi
                                                          Seshadri, Advs. for Respondent Nos.
                                                          2 to 13.
                          +     OMP (ENF.) (COMM.) 17/2021, EX.APPL.(OS) 228/2022,
                                EX.APPL.(OS)    230/2022,    EX.APPL.(OS)       232/2022      &
                                EX.APPL.(OS) 370/2022


Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:HARVINDER KAUR
                          W.P.(C) 14967/2021 & connected matters                   Page 5 of 8
BHATIA
Signing Date:21.04.2022
16:27:29
                                 AMAZON.COM NV INVESTMENT
                                HOLDINGS LLC                            ..... Decree Holder
                                             Through: Mr Gopal Subramanium, Mr. Rajiv
                                                      Nayar, Mr. Gourab Banerji, Mr Arun
                                                      Kathpalia, Mr. Amit Sibal, Mr Nakul
                                                      Dewan, Senior Advocates with Mr.
                                                      Anand S Pathak, Mr. Amit K Mishra,
                                                      Mr.        Shashank           Gautam,
                                                      Ms.Sreemoyee Deb, Mr. Vijay
                                                      Purohit, Mr. Mohit Singh, Mr. Promit
                                                      Chatterjee, 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, 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 and Ms Manjira
                                                      Dasgupta, Advocates.
                                             versus

                                FUTURE COUPONS PRIVATE
                                LIMITED & ORS.                    ..... Judgment Debtors
                                               Through: Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Advocate with
                                                        Mr.Ameet Naik, Adv. for Judgment
                                                        Debtor 1 Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr.


Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:HARVINDER KAUR
                          W.P.(C) 14967/2021 & connected matters                Page 6 of 8
BHATIA
Signing Date:21.04.2022
16:27:29
                                                        Adv. and Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr.
                                                       Adv. with Mr. Mahesh Agarwal,
                                                       Adv., Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Adv., Mr.
                                                       Karan Luthra, Adv., Mr. Pranjit
                                                       Bhattacharya, Adv., Mr. Sanjeevi
                                                       Seshadri,    Adv.,    Mr.        Vishnu
                                                       Tallagragada, Advs. for Judgment
                                                       Debtors 2 to 13.
                          +     CS(COMM) 493/2020, IA 10377/2020, IA 8888/2021 and IA
                                8889/2021
                                FUTURE RETAIL LTD.                              ..... Plaintiff
                                             Through: Mr. Ritin Rai, Sr. Advocates with
                                                       Mr.Ameet      Naik, Mr.         Raghav
                                                       Shankar, Ms. Madhu Gadodia,
                                                       Mr.Abhishek Kale, Mr. Harshvardhan
                                                       Jha and Mr. Pankaj Patel, Advs.

                                                     versus

                                AMAZON.COM NV INVESTMENT
                                HOLDINGS LLC & ORS.                        ..... Defendants
                                             Through: Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Mr. Rajiv
                                                      Nayar, Mr. Gourab Banerji, Mr Arun
                                                      Kathpalia, Mr. Amit Sibal, Mr Nakul
                                                      Dewan, Senior Advocates with
                                                      Mr.Anand S Pathak, Mr. Amit K
                                                      Mishra, Mr. Shashank Gautam,
                                                      Ms.Sreemoyee Deb, Mr. Vijay
                                                      Purohit, Mr. Mohit Singh, Mr. Promit
                                                      Chatterjee, 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,


Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed
By:HARVINDER KAUR
                          W.P.(C) 14967/2021 & connected matters                   Page 7 of 8
BHATIA
Signing Date:21.04.2022
16:27:29
                                                                    Ms.Vanya Chhabra, Mr. Arnab Ray,
                                                                   Mr.Vedant Kapur, Mr. Shaurya
                                                                   Mittal, Mr. Abhisar Vidyarthi,
                                                                   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
                                                                   and    Ms.     Manjira     Dasgupta,
                                                                   Advocates for Defendant 1 Mr.Mukul
                                                                   Rohatgi and Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr.
                                                                   Advocates with Mr. Mahesh Agarwal,
                                                                   Mr. Rishi Agrawala, Mr. Karan
                                                                   Luthra, Mr. Pranjit Bhattacharya,
                                                                   Mr.Sanjeevi Seshadri, Advs. for
                                                                   Defendants 2 to 13 Mr. K. R.
                                                                   Sasiprabhu, Mr. Vishnu Sharma and
                                                                   Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj, Advs for
                                                                   Defendants 14 and 15.

                                CORAM:
                                HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR KUMAR JAIN
                                             ORDER

% 12.04.2022 Re-notify on 19th April, 2022 at 3.00 pm. SUDHIR KUMAR JAIN, J APRIL 12, 2022 N Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARVINDER KAUR W.P.(C) 14967/2021 & connected matters Page 8 of 8 BHATIA Signing Date:21.04.2022 16:27:29