Delhi High Court on Tuesday conditionally accepted the apology of Ashneer Grover in the case of social media posting against BharatPe. The court has imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on him.
BharatPe had filed a petition demanding to stop Grover from posting defamatory content against the company.
Violation of privacy!
BharatPe’s parent unit Resilient Innovations Pvt. had filed a new petition in the Delhi High Court and specifically sought the issuance of an interim injunction i.e. ‘prohibition order’ against Grover, who was the co-founder.
The purpose of this petition was to stop Ashneer Grover from disclosing confidential information related to the company.
The lawyers appearing in the court on behalf of BharatPe argued that Ashneer Grover has violated the confidentiality obligations recorded in his agreement.
Posted on X, then deleted
This reportedly happened when Grover posted some details about the equity allocation during BharatPe’s ‘Series e-funding round’ on November 16. However, he later deleted the post.
During the court proceedings, the lawyer appearing for Grover admitted that there was an error in judgment and apologized, admitting that the post was made ‘by mistake’.
Delhi High Court conditionally accepted the apology of Ashneer Grover. The condition is that Ashneer Grover will have to pay Rs 2 lakh to the Delhi High Court Clerks Association.
