MS Dhoni slapped with DEFAMATION case! Delhi High Court asks registry to tell ex-captain to appear before the court

The plaintiffs want to take down the cheating allegations published on sites like Google, YouTube, X, and Meta.

MS Dhoni slapped with DEFAMATION case! Delhi High Court asks registry to tell ex-captain to appear before the court

MS Dhoni (Image via The Hindu)

For the past few days, there have been reports of MS Dhoni approaching a Ranchi court to file a lawsuit against his former business partners. Aarka Sports CEO Mihir Diwakar allegedly did not pay the cricketer INR 15 crore and breached a contract. Dhoni and Aakra Sports collaborated in 2017 to establish cricket academies in different Indian cities.

Diwakar then gave an interview to a local news channel, blaming Dhoni for ruining the company’s reputation with false allegations. He also shared a long post on X (formerly Twitter) to defend the company.

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Diwakar and his wife Soumya Das then went to the high court to protect their reputation, seeking a permanent injunction and damages against Dhoni and media houses. The plaintiffs want to take down the cheating allegations published on sites like Google, YouTube, X, and Meta.

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Intimation will be sent to MS Dhoni to appear before the court

MS Dhoni or the lawyers who are representing him needed to appear in front of Justice Pratibha M. Singh. But as Dhoni or his lawyers did not show up, the court has now asked the registry to inform Dhoni about the case via email. Dhoni is represented by Advocate Dayanand Singh of Vidhi Associates.

MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni (Image via ESPNcricinfo) 
It is deemed appropriate to direct intimation to defendant no. 1 [Dhoni] of the filing of the present suit. Let the registry issue an email to defendant no. 1 at the email address. The intimation was also given to the law firm representing him.
The judge said (via The Hindu)

The next hearing is on January 29. The court also asked the complainants to file the court fees within a week.

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