FRL-Reliance Deal: No objection (NO) to SC Judge's offered recuse

11 November 2021, Mumbai:

Supreme Court judge Justice Hima Kohli on Thursday offered to recuse herself from hearing a batch of petitions arising out of the Amazon-Future Retail case, saying she and her family members have shares in Reliance Industries Ltd group firms, one of the interested parties to the litigation.

"We have no objection," said a battery of lawyers appearing for parties including the US-based e-commerce giant Amazon, Future Retail Limited (FRL), and Future Coupons Private Ltd (FCPL) "I and my family members have some shares in Reliance Industries Ltd and if you have any problem with this then I will recuse," said Justice Kohli who was sitting on the bench presided over by Chief Justice N V Ramana. ET

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