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Amazon has spent over Rs 8.5k crore to pay legal fees in India  

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Updated: September 21st, 2021, 18:07 IST
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New Delhi: US e-commerce giant Amazon, is currently said to be investigating alleged bribes paid by its legal representatives in India. Amazon however, has officially spent a staggering Rs 8,546 crore or USD 1.2 billion in legal expenses for maintaining a presence in India during 2018-20, sources said.

Sources are aware of the firm’s public account filings. They said entities of Amazon – including Amazon Retail India Pvt Ltd, Amazon Seller Services Pvt Ltd, Amazon Transportation Services Pvt Ltd, Amazon Wholesale (India) Pvt Ltd, and Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd (AWS) – paid Rs 3,420 crore in India during 2018-19 and Rs 5,126 crore during 2019-20 towards legal fees.

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Amazon is locked in a legal tussle over the takeover of Future Group and is facing a probe by the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

The company declined to comment on the legal fee issue. However, traders’ body CAIT claimed that Amazon spending 20 per cent of its revenue on lawyers was questionable.

“The whopping amount spent under legal professional fees clearly shows how Amazon and its subsidiaries are misusing their financial muscles to bribe and manipulate Indian government officials,” CAIT National Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said in a letter written to Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal. Without offering any proof for his claim, Khandelwal demanded a CBI inquiry.

A report Monday by ‘Morning Context’ stated that Amazon has initiated an investigation against some of its legal representatives for allegedly bribing Indian government officials. Its senior corporate counsel has reportedly been sent on leave in this matter.

The company had stated that it takes allegations of improper actions seriously. It promised to investigate the allegations fully to take appropriate action. While it did not confirm or deny the allegations, Amazon had said it has ‘zero tolerance for corruption’.

“Which company over the globe while spending more than 20 per cent of its accrued revenue on paying to lawyers is able to sustain in business and that too even making losses year by year but yes it is global e-tailer Amazon in India which is a living example of this mind-boggling acrimony,” CAIT alleged Tuesday.

Khandelwal in a statement claimed that Amazon has spent about ‘Rs 8,500 crore on legal and professional fees against a turnover of about Rs 45,000 crore in two years (2018-20)’.

Amazon also faces a probe by India’s fair trade watchdog CCI for alleged anti-competitive practices, predatory pricing and preferential treatment of sellers.

 

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