Gaurav Bhatia has sought a permanent injunction against the CJP and its leaders, besides claiming Rs 2 crore in damages.
In another post on X on Tuesday, Bhatia said, “When accusations cross their limits, then the law draws its line”. He said the matter would now be tested in court on the basis of facts, evidence and the rule of law. The final nail will be hammered into the coffin of lies. The legal dispute centres on social media posts by the CJP and its leaders that allegedly circulated a graphic containing a statement falsely attributed to Bhatia.
Bhatia also announced the legal action on his X handle, posting: “Tomorrow, every solid argument will echo in the court.
NEW DELHI: BJP national spokesperson and senior advocate Gaurav Bhatia has approached the Delhi high court seeking Rs 2 crore in damages from Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and co-convenors Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka over alleged defamatory social media posts.
“The defendant no 1 & 2 (Das and Ranka) did not merely engage in criticism, comment or disagreement with any statement actually made by the plaintiff.
The plea specifically alleged that Das and Ranka did not merely criticise or disagree with anything Bhatia had actually said, but instead attributed statements to him that he had never made. “Rather, defendant no 1 & 2 falsely represented to the public that the plaintiff had made statements, which, in fact, he had never made,” the plea said.