Ashneer Grover fined Rs 200,000 for defamatory content on BharatPe

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday fined BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover Rs 2 lakh for making defamatory posts against the company, despite the court’s order.

Grover also apologised before the court for his social media posts against his former employer.

Justice Rekha Palli said Grover’s conduct was ‘appalling’ and imposed the fine for violating the court’s May order, which asked both Grover and BharatPe not to use ‘unparliamentary’ and ‘defamatory’ language against each other.

This was on BharatPe’s application in its pending suit, saying that Grover’s social media posts earlier this month were defamatory for the company.