Will Remove Article Carrying Ashneer Grover's Statements Against BharatPe: Entrepreneur Magazine To Delhi High Court

US-based Entrepreneur magazine has told the Delhi High Court that it will remove all its publications relating to an article or cover story containing the allegedly defamatory statements made by former BharatPe Managing Director Ashneer Grover against the fintech company.

The article titled “Fraud or framed? The curious case of Ashneer Grover” was published by the magazine in its June-July 2023 issue.

The undertaking was given by Entrepreneur magazine before Justice Jyoti Singh on July 14 in a defamation suit filed by BharatPe against the magazine and Grover.

The magazine’s counsel, on instructions, told court that it will not circulate the print edition of the cover story which contained certain quotes from an interview with Grover and that it will also delete or remove the interview or podcast titled “Ashneer Grover’s podcast” as well as posts related to it from the various social media handles.

It was also undertaken that the magazine will not publish any article or story containing any content which amounts to defamation or derogation against BharatPe or its employees or shareholders in relation to its business interests.

The counsel also undertook that the magazine will publish a corrigendum in their next issue that the views expressed in the article in question were that of Grover and not of Entrepreneur magazine.

BharatPe in its suit has sought permanent injunction against Entrepreneur magazine to restrain them from publishing any defamatory statements concerning its business, growth metrics, directors, officials, shareholders etc.

The court issued summons to the magazine and Grover in the suit and directed the magazine to file an affidavit of undertaking with advance copy to counsel for BharatPe. The matter is listed for November 07 for further consideration.

Case Title: Resilient Innovations Private Ltd. V. Entrepreneur India Media Private Ltd. & Ors.

For Petitioner: Amit Sibal, Senior Advocate with Anuj Berry, Sourabh Rath, Megha Janakiraman, Vibhore Yadav, Darpan Sachdeva, Vinamra Kapariha and Vinay Tripathi, Advocates.

For Respondents: Pawanjit Singh Bindra, Senior Advocate with Rahul Dhawan, Vidhesh Issar and Vaishali Singh.

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