BharatPe plea: Grover & family get HC’s summons

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday issued summons to Ashneer Grover, Madhuri Jain and other family members on a plea moved by BharatPe against its former managing director. Justice Navin Chala issued the summons on a suit filed by the fintech unicorn and granted two weeks to file response.

During the hearing, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for BharatPe, contended that Grover, his wife and other relatives were carrying out a “vicious and vitriolic” campaign against the company, which has a large number of foreign investors. He also referred to the tweets made by Grover after resignation and sought a direction that Grover be restrained from running a viciouscampaign against BharatPe.

Rohatgi argued that to fleece the company, the defendants created fictitious vendors from Panipat who were paid Rs 50-60 crore and nothing was purchased.