The Delhi High
Court on Thursday asked its registry to inform former Team India cricket
captain MS Dhoni about filing of a defamation suit against him by his two
former business partners.
Plaintiffs and
former business partners Mihir Diwakar and his wife Soumya Das have approached
the high court seeking a permanent injunction and damages against Dhoni,
several social media platforms and media houses and thereby restraining them
from making, publishing, circulating per se defamatory, ex facie false and malicious
statements against them.
Justice Prathiba
M Singh, before whom the plaint came up for hearing, was informed that Dhoni
has not been served with the plea by the plaintiffs.
It is deemed
appropriate to direct intimation to defendant no. 1 (Dhoni) of filing of the
present suit. Let the registry issue an email to defendant no. 1 at the email
address. The intimation be also given at the law firm representing him, the
judge said.
The high court
listed the matter for further hearing on January 29 and asked the plaintiffs to
file court fees within a week.