Be Courteous, Judge Warns BharatPe And Its Ex Boss Ashneer Grover

"Social media has actually brought us down to this level. What are we doing here? Basically, it should be courtesy to each other... You have fallen out, fight your litigation," the court remarked.

The Delhi High Court today advised payment app BharatPe and its estranged co-founder Ashneer Grover to be courteous to each other even after their falling out.

Justice Navin Chawla, while hearing BharatPe's lawsuit against Grover, its former MD, and his family members to restrain them from making allegedly defamatory statements, blamed social media for "bringing us down to this level" and asked the counsel for the parties to accordingly "advise" their respective clients.

While the senior lawyer for the plaintiff company alleged that in spite of the pendency of the case Grover continued to make objectionable statements, the latter's lawyer said there is "slander and accusation and defamation from both sides" and claimed the other side even leaked information to the media.

"Social media has actually brought us down to this level. What are we doing here? Basically, it should be courtesy to each other... You have fallen out, fight your litigation," the court remarked.