According to Sources Amazon on Wednesday filed a Writ Petition in the Delhi High Court seeking clarifications on the scope of the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) investigations into alleged foreign exchange violations by the company.
In a plea filed before the Delhi High Court, Amazon accused ED of conducting a “fish and roving enquiry” against it. It said that the agency is summoning multiple executives from the company which amounts to unnecessary harassment.
According to sources, Amazon in its filing said the ED is expanding the scope of its investigations by seeking privileged and confidential legal advice it received in the ordinary course of business since it started marketplace operations and that such requests aren’t related to the agency’s probe into the Future-Amazon deal.
“Pass an ad-interim order staying all and any investigation or proceedings commenced by ED in respect of the subject matter,” Amazon said in its petition.
The plea filed by Amazon is likely to come up for hearing before the Delhi High Court bench led by Justice Rekha Palli on Thursday .
