India Court Dismisses Future’s Plea to Declare Arbitration With Amazon Illegal

India Court Dismisses Future’s Plea to Declare Arbitration With Amazon Illegal
The logo of Amazon is pictured inside the company's office in Bengaluru, India, on April 20, 2018. Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters
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MUMBAI—An Indian court on Tuesday dismissed Future Retail’s plea to declare arbitration proceedings with its warring partner Amazon.com Inc. as illegal.

The ruling came after Future urged a New Delhi judge that given India’s antitrust agency had suspended a 2019 deal used by Amazon to assert rights over Future, there was no legal basis for the arbitration between the two sides to continue.