The US-based company Amazon Inc's India operations has spent a staggering over USD 1.2 billion in legal expenses in the last two years to maintain its presence and relevance in one the largest markets globally.

As per the official data from the public account filings made by the company in India, all of Amazon's India focused companies together have spent Rs 8,546 crore as legal fees in the financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20. This is almost a fifth or 20 per cent of its two-year revenue of Rs 42,085 crore.