Former business partners file defamation case against MS Dhoni, hearing to be held on January 18
Two former business partners of former Indian cricket captain MS Dhoni have filed a defamation case against Dhoni in the Delhi High Court. PTI reported this on January 16.
These are the former business partners of MS Dhoni :-
The defamation case has been filed by Dhoni’s former business partner Mihir Diwakar and his wife Soumya Das. Notably, Dhoni had earlier filed a criminal case against the duo for fraud of over ₹15 crore.
The couple has now approached the High Court seeking permanent injunction and damages against MSD, several social media platforms and media houses. According to PTI, it demands that he be restrained from making, publishing, broadcasting defamatory, prima facie false and malicious statements against him.
The defamation petition against Dhoni will be heard before the bench of Justice Pratibha M Singh on January 18.
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In the petition, the couple has requested the court to :-
In his petition, Dhoni’s former business partner has urged the court to protect his reputation in connection with “false allegations” allegedly made by Dhoni regarding alleged illegal gains of ₹15 crore from him and breach of contract in 2017. To be prevented from causing harm.
Let us tell you that Dhoni had earlier filed a case in the lower court of Ranchi against Diwakar and Soumya Biswas, directors of sports management company ‘Arka Sports’.
MS Dhoni ‘s lawyer Dayanand Singh said :-
Dhoni’s lawyer Dayanand Singh said that in 2017, both the accused had approached Dhoni to set up cricket academies in India and abroad in the name of the cricketer. As per the agreement, MSD was to receive the entire franchise fee and the profits were to be shared between the cricketer and the partners on a 70:30 basis. However, later, the accused started setting up academies without informing Dhoni and did not make any payment to him.
Dayanand Singh further said :-
“MSD revoked his authority on August 15, 2021. Despite this, they continued to set up academies at about eight to ten locations… We served them legal notices twice for violating the norms of the agreement. He defrauded MS Dhoni of more than ₹15 crore.”
The criminal case was registered on October 27 last year under sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). According to PTI report, on January 12, Seemant Lohani, authorized by Dhoni, recorded his statement before the First Class Judicial Magistrate court.
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