Delhi HC to hear Amazon plea on January 5
The Hindu
It is against an alleged ‘fishing and roving investigation’ by ED
The Delhi High Court on Thursday posted for January 5, hearing on plea of two Indian subsidiaries of e-retail giant Amazon against an alleged “fishing and roving investigation” being done by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The plea filed by — Amazon Wholesale (India) Pvt Ltd and Amazon Seller Services Pvt Ltd — said the ED’s February 19 directive and related proceedings overlaps with an earlier investigation being conducted by Bangalore Regional Office of the ED.
It sought a direction of the high court to the ED to “not conduct fishing and roving enquiry on matters covered by legal privilege and seek for information falling outside the purview of FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act)”.