Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani has filed a defamation case before a Delhi court against Cobrapost, the publishers of The Economic Times and The Times of India newspapers and unnamed defendants over the reporting of allegations that his companies committed a fraud of over ₹41,000 crores. 

Senior Civil Judge Vivek Beniwal of Karkardooma Courts on Thursday heard arguments on Ambani's application seeking an ex parte ad interim injunction against the media organisations.

The Court has listed the case for orders on the interim injunction application on November 17.

As per the Court records, Ambani has made Cobrapost.com, Bennett Coleman and Company Limited (publishers of The Economic Times and The Times of India), Live Media & Publishers Pvt Ltd and John Doe parties as defendants to the case. 

The defamation case concerns a Cobrapost report dated October 30 which alleged that Ambani's Reliance Group had committed a financial fraud exceeding ₹41,921 crore through the diversion of funds from group companies since 2006. 

The allegations were reported in several other publications, including The Economic Times.

It is Ambani’s case that he continues to be defamed by these reports. 

Advocates Vijay Aggarwal, Naman Joshi, Guneet Sidhu, Rahul, Verdan Jain, Muskan Aggarwal, Rajat Jain and Yash Aggarwal appeared for Anil Ambani.

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