New Delhi: Delhi Excessive Court docket on Thursday listed listening to for January 29 the defamation swimsuit towards former Indian cricket workforce captain MS Dhoni filed by his ex-business companions and requested the registry and plaintiff to intimate the cricketer and others concerning the swimsuit.
The bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh heard the matter and directed that an intimation of submitting the swimsuit be given to the cricketer and the involved legislation agency representing him.
Former enterprise companions of MS Dhoni and Plaintiff Mihir Diwakar and his spouse Saumya Das have filed the swimsuit for the issuance of instructions to restrain MS Dhoni from publishing any defamatory and malicious statements towards them, alleging that the duo illegally gained Rs 15 crore from the cricketer.
The swimsuit acknowledged that the plaintiffs are respected businesspeople with an untarnished fame and are properly revered by their contemporaries and trade friends. The plaintiffs maintain the unblemished, untarnished, and impeccable fame of being trustworthy and upright residents.
As well as, Plaintiff Mihit Diwakar holds a fame as a sportsperson, having represented the nation internationally as he performed 39 first-class video games between 1999 and 2009. He was additionally a part of India’s squad for the 2000 Below-19 Cricket World Cup.
The swimsuit acknowledged that the defendant, MS Dhoni, was an in depth pal and enterprise associate of the plaintiffs; nonetheless, just lately, their friendship underwent a misunderstanding on account of sure disputes relating to the Memorandum of Understanding and Letter of Authorization dated Could 17, 2017. As well as, on account of the mentioned dispute, MS Dhoni issued a authorized discover dated February 4, 2023, to the plaintiffs, alleging that that they had dedicated a breach of the settlement between the events. It’s a matter of file to notice that no allegation of dishonest of Rs. 15 crore was made by the defendant towards the plaintiffs within the mentioned authorized discover, as acknowledged within the swimsuit. The mentioned authorized discover dated 04.02.2023 was additionally aptly replied to by the plaintiffs by way of their reply discover dated 02.03.2023. Now, the Defendant MS Dhoni, via a Energy of Lawyer holder Seemant Lohani, has filed a grievance dated October 27, 2023, earlier than the courtroom of the Judicial Justice of the Peace, Ranchi, in Jharkhand, alleging the Plaintiffs as accused and claiming that the Plaintiffs cheated the Defendant to the tune of Rs. 15 crores. The mentioned allegations are made with none foundation or proof, with the only intention of tarnishing and maligning the reputations of the plaintiffs. The allegations made towards the plaintiffs are wild, false, baseless, vindictive, malicious and unfounded. That is the primary time that the defendant has claimed such an quantity towards the plaintiffs.