While the lobby group's letter to ICEA didn't name the Xiaomi case specifically, it warned that accusing companies of illegal royalty payments could have a 'chilling effect' on business in the country
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Senior advocate S. Ganeshan argued that Xiaomi India was being targeted as it is a Chinese company and other companies are allowed to make payments of technology royalty
The company had sought to use Rs 1,000 crore for its day-to-day expenditure
The fund freeze by tax authorities comes on top of another legal tussle Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi faces.
ED had seized the money saying Xiaomi had illegally transferred funds abroad to three entities, including one in the Xiaomi group, describing them as payments "in the guise of royalty".
The stock has been under pressure despite the company clarifying that there is no adverse impact on the business of the company due to the ED seizure of assets of Chinese mobile manufacturing company
Xiaomi is accused of making illegal remittances abroad "in the guise of royalty" payments.
The company alleges intimidation by India's premier enforcement agency when executives appeared for questioning multiple times in April.
The technology giant is being questioned by the federal agency for alleged violation of foreign exchange laws.
Jain, the former India head of Xiaomi, was questioned about the India operations of the company and his statement was recorded at ED's Bengaluru zonal office
Infosys' revenue grew 22.7 per cent to Rs 32,276 crore in the quarter from Rs 26,311 crore in the year-ago period
In a statement shared with IANS, Xiaomi said it is a law-abiding and responsible company.
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Manu Kumar Jain, Xiaomi's former India managing director, to appear before it in a probe
It's learnt that ED had initiated its discreet inquiry in February under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and found evidence of remittances involving a significant amount
The Enforcement Directorate has been probing the company since at least February, and in recent weeks asked Manu Kumar Jain, Xiaomi's former India managing director, to appear before its officers
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In an interview with Business Standard's Surajeet Das Gupta, Xiaomi India head Manu Kumar Jain tells about the challenges the company faced in India and how it dealt with the supply chain constraints